{"publishers": ["O'Reilly"], "identifiers": {"goodreads": ["766872"], "librarything": ["3997"]}, "subtitle": "Powerful techniques for Perl and other tools", "ia_box_id": ["IA184101"], "series": ["Nutshell handbook"], "covers": [5309047], "ia_loaded_id": ["masteringregular00frie"], "key": "/books/OL15463231M", "authors": [{"key": "/authors/OL416928A"}], "publish_places": ["Cambridge", "K\u00f6ln", "Paris Sebastopol", "Tokyo"], "contributions": ["NetLibrary, Inc."], "pagination": "xxiv, 342 p. :", "source_records": ["marc:marc_western_washington_univ/wwu_bibs.mrc_revrev.mrc:676407162:1216", "ia:masteringregular00frie", "marc:marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part26.utf8:100858073:957", "bwb:9781565922570", "marc:harvard_bibliographic_metadata/20220215_026.bib.mrc:215935728:2345"], "title": "Mastering Regular Expressions", "url": ["http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?ID=1470"], "notes": "Includes index.\r\n\r\nDecember 1998: Seventh printing; minor corrections.\"--T.p. verso.\r\n\r\n\"Powerful techniques for perl and other tools\"--Cover.\r\n\r\nOnline version via NetLibrary available by license agreement to WWU Library users.", "number_of_pages": 342, "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "subjects": ["Perl (Computer program language)"], "publish_date": "1998", "publish_country": "cc ", "by_statement": "Jeffrey E. F. Friedl.", "works": [{"key": "/works/OL2807549W"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "classifications": {}, "copyright_date": "1997", "contributors": [{"role": "Editor", "name": "Andy Oram"}, {"role": "Production Editor", "name": "Jeffres Friedl"}], "physical_format": "paperback", "first_sentence": "This book is about a powerful tool called \u201cregular expressions.\u201c", "ocaid": "masteringregular00frie", "isbn_10": ["1565922573", "0585054061"], "lccn": ["97116815"], "oclc_numbers": ["41250982", "36307360"], "lc_classifications": ["QA76.73.P22 F75 1997", "QA76.73.P22F75 1997"], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "A regular expression (regex) is a pattern that describes a set of strings. Regular expressions are used for advanced context-sensitive searches (e.g. parsing data streams, data mining) and text modifications. They can be found in many advanced editors (e.g. vi, Emacs), in parser programs (e.g. grep) and in languages (e.g. Perl), mostly in a UNIX environment. This book is the standard work on regexes."}, "latest_revision": 13, "revision": 13, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-09-20T02:02:52.511738"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-12-30T17:35:55.968254"}}