Comments on: why I like regular expressions + who says they aren’t readable

By: Victor Grazi

Victor Grazi — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:33:03 +0000

Thanks Jeanne for this great idea!

By: Jeanne Boyarsky

Jeanne Boyarsky — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:14:30 +0000

Regular expressions were removed from the exam in Java 8 so we never published what I wrote on this.

By: Jeanne Boyarsky

Jeanne Boyarsky — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:28:04 +0000

In reply to Beth Sutton. We are working on the OCP book. My guess is in the fall. Remember the OCP 8 objectives aren't even out yet.

By: Beth Sutton

Beth Sutton — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:29:56 +0000

Do you know when your OCP 8 book will be ready Jeanne? I’m currently studying for OCA 8 with your book, which is great, would like to get the OCP 8 one too!

By: R Ashwin

R Ashwin — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:19:42 +0000

A new and powerful weapon in my Java arsenal! Thanks!!

By: Jeff Williams

Jeff Williams — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:59:56 +0000

Definitely like building regex in parts. I’ve found http://rick.measham.id.au/paste/explain.pl to be very helpful interpreting crazy regex.

By: German Gonzalez

German Gonzalez — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:21:08 +0000

This is a nice technique, which I first read at Martin Fowler’s site: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/ComposedRegex.html

It is a good practice, we should encourage it

By: Jeanne Boyarsky

Jeanne Boyarsky — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:54:32 +0000

In reply to Ernest Friedman-Hill. Me too! I'm amazed it isn't more common.

By: Ernest Friedman-Hill

Ernest Friedman-Hill — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 04:54:25 +0000

i like the idea of making REs readable by building up expressions from named pieces. Should help prevent some errors and be easier to modify too.