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RegexBuddy is your perfect companion for working with regular expressions . Easily create regular expressions that match exactly what you want. Clearly understand complex regexes written by others. Quickly test any regex on sample strings and files, preventing mistakes on actual data. Use the regex in your source code with code snippets automatically adjusted to the particulars of your programming language. Collect and document libraries of regular expressions for future reuse. Integrate RegexBuddy with your favorite searching and editing tools for instant access.

• Learn Regex Syntax Today -- Learn all there is to know about regular expressions today with RegexBuddy's detailed, step by step regular expression tutorial. When you buy RegexBuddy, you get the tutorial both as a help file that you can read on your computer, and as a PDF file that you can print.


• Regex Tree and Regex Building Blocks -- RegexBuddy's regex building blocks make it much easier to define regular expressions. Instead of typing in regex tokens directly, just pick what you want from a descriptive menu. Use RegexBuddy's neatly organized tree of regex tokens to keep track of the pattern you have built so far.


• Regex Tester and Debugger -- Don't risk actual data with untested regexes. Copy and paste sample data into RegexBuddy, or open test files. Step through the search matches in the sample data, and get a detailed report about each match. Or highlight all matches to debug the regex in real time as you edit it.


• Develop Efficient Software Quickly with Instant Code Snippets -- Save time and code efficiently by using regular expressions when developing applications and scripts. With the proper regex, you can often do in a single line of code, or a few lines of code, what would otherwise require dozens or hundreds.

"RegexBuddy is exactly the extra tool I needed. It takes away my uncertainty as a regex ( PowerGREP ) user.

"Regexes are extremely powerful, but RegexBuddy shows quite well that their complexity can be tamed without degrading their performance!" -- Vincent Vercauteren

5 May 2004, Belgium