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Re: Debugging regexes

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On 4/24/2014 8:21 PM, Roedy Green wrote:

> Those are good tips. I often define named constants and build my
> regexes out of trusted bits.
>
> My two most common errors are:
> forgetting to quote something like - . ( ) $
> using \\ when I should have used \ and vice versa.  Sometimes I build
> regexes in files, sometimes in Java source.


A new Java 8 annotation checks regex syntax:

@Regex – Provides compile-time verification that a String intended to be 
used as a regular expression is a properly formatted regular expression


https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/java_8_s_new_type

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Debugging regexes Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-04-24 05:39 -0700
  Re: Debugging regexes leif.roar@invalid.com (Leif Roar Moldskred) - 2014-04-24 09:38 -0500
    Re: Debugging regexes Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-04-24 20:21 -0700
      Re: Debugging regexes markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-04-25 00:17 -0700
        Re: Debugging regexes Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-04-25 01:05 -0700
  Re: Debugging regexes Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-04-25 10:09 -0700
    Re: Debugging regexes Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-05-05 23:19 -0700

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