Saturday, July 31, 2010

Easily test, build and share Regular Expressions with RegExr

Ever felt the need to use complex regular expressions but couldn’t give it a try either due to paucity of time or because sheer lack of patience. Not any more. gSkinner.com has a real time regular expression builder called RegExr that you can use to try, build & share expressions online.



RegExr is a Flex application that uses ActionScript’s built-in regular expression engine to generate expressions on the fly with its intuitive interface that allows you to —
  • Learn about a regex entry by simply selecting it.
  • Build custom regular expressions from the available samples which are neatly categorized.
  • Test an expression or actually modify a piece of text by replacing part(s) of text right inside the tool.
  • Save your expressions which can be later retrieved from My Saved panel.
  • Share an expression by generating a URL on the fly.
  • Explore and use the expressions shared by other users from the community.
RegExr, being a Flex application, is truly cross-platform compatible and can be used from any browser with Flash Player installed. Or you can download its AIR package (899 kb) for using installing and using it as a standalone application on your desktop.

To read more about it, you can visit RegExr about page.