rishiraj Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 What is the best software for regex that can save lots of time in debugging and checking the code. I have little bit knowledge of regex and want to test bigger expressions. please give your reviews. Here are few I have found on net. RegexBuddy by JGsoft - Just Great Software (trial version for free) PatternHelper by DataMystic GridinSoft Notepad by GridinSoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azu Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hmm not sure about those but I think PHP has a built in error checker/bugger it gives me fairly good reports if there is something wrong with my regex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effigy Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Are you referring to regex syntax problems or the integrity of the pattern? No matter what editor you use, you cannot check your regex without a decent and somewhat relative array of data to run it against. A pattern may "work," but there could be some underlying gotchas that it allow it to match undesirables. I typically create an array of tests to run the pattern through: Example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishiraj Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 I am using regex buddy its quite good but lacks in testing bigger data. I need some kind of software that can help me developing regex and testing in on some test data before adding to any script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elminster Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 You asked for free tools. I think in this respect (freeware) the best choice is the Regular Expression Editor (Waterproof). The Regex Coach might be useful too - sometimes. Both free, but I think both lack what(ever) you require..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rithiur Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 A bit of a shameless plug, but I've written a PHP script for testing regular expressions, which at least personally I've found quite handy. The tool can be found online at: http://rithiur.anthd.com/regex/ In addition, if you'd prefer to run it on your local host (which can provide considerable speed increase), there is also download available at: http://rithiur.anthd.com/regex.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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