Feedback on Regex book prototype

[Staffan Nöteberg]

Hi all,

I've published a prototype of an upcoming Regex book here: http://www.staffannoteberg.com/regexbook

Any feedback, off-list, is very very appreciated. What would make this book more useful for you?


Best Regards // Staffan

[Jim Michaels]

HTML5 is really big now, and pattern validation for input tags is part of this. the browser will show the control as red or disallow input if the input is wrong.

regex patterns for commonly used HTML5 number validations.  also, please list javascript/ecmascript 262 5.1 regex,it is a small subset of normal regex. things like \d are not available. I think the patterns used for browser regex is ecmascript/javascript regex.  the specification is here:

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-262.pdf

integer 0 and above: pattern="^[0-9]+$"

integer 1 and above: pattern="^[1-9][0-9]*$"

0 or positive integer or positive simple real number like 1.1 or 1: pattern="^[0-9](\.[0-9]+)?$"

0 or positive integer or positive simple real number like 1.1 or 1.1e-200 or 1: pattern="^[0-9](\.[0-9]+)?([Ee][+-]?[0-9]+)?$"

integer: pattern="^[+-]?[0-9]+$"

nonzero integer: pattern="^[+-]?[1-9][0-9]*$"

integer or simple real number like 1.1 or 1: pattern="^[+-]?[0-9](\.[0-9]+)?$"

integer or simple real number like 1.1 or 1.1e-200 or 1: pattern="^[+-]?[0-9](\.[0-9]+)?([Ee][+-]?[0-9]+)?$"

 phone number validations come in a variety of regexes.
(555)-111-2222  pattern="^\([0-9][0-9][0-9]\)\-[0-9][0-9][0-9]\-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"

(555).111.2222  pattern="^\([0-9][0-9][0-9]\)\.[0-9][0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"
555-111-2222  pattern="^[0-9][0-9][0-9]\-[0-9][0-9][0-9]\-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"
555.111.2222  pattern="^[0-9][0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"
1-(555)-111-2222  pattern="^\1\-([0-9][0-9][0-9]\)\-[0-9][0-9][0-9]\-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"(555).111.2222  pattern="^\([0-9][0-9][0-9]\)\.[0-9][0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"
1-555-111-2222  pattern="^1\-[0-9][0-9][0-9]\-[0-9][0-9][0-9]\-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"
1.555.111.2222  pattern="^1\.[0-9][0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"

there are also 7-digit local phone numbers.  but these are rarely used in web sites.

111-2222  pattern="^[0-9][0-9][0-9]\-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"
111.2222  pattern="^[0-9][0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"

zip code validation in the USA is pretty simple. it is either 5 digits or 5 digits followed by a dash followed by 4 digits.
canada used alphanumerics for their postal code.
5-digit zip code: pattern="^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"
zip+4: pattern="^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"
either zip or zip+4: pattern="^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9](\-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])?$"

there are regexes also for iso 8601 (I think it was) date/time input into HTML5. a subset is supported via the input element.


I will tell you right now I don't like spiders. it would be a book I would not buy.

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[Jim Michaels]

wouldn't it be illegal to publish a book on how to spam?

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From: Jim Michaels <jmic...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 5:12 PM
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[Eugeny....@gmail.com]

Jim,

Staffan welcomed off-list comments only.

SN> Any feedback, off-list, is very very appreciated.

Thank you.
Eugeny

On Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5:26:12 AM UTC+4, Jim Michaels wrote:

wouldn't it be illegal to publish a book on how to spam?

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