Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-12 Thread ngottlieb
rg; S Ellison Subject: Re: [R] book on regular expressions > I don't think anyone has mentioned the references given on the help > page > ?regexp: they are a great deal more reliable than some of the > third-party write-ups that have been mentioned. They are good technical referenc

Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-12 Thread hadley wickham
> I don't think anyone has mentioned the references given on the help page > ?regexp: they are a great deal more reliable than some of the third-party > write-ups that have been mentioned. They are good technical references, but I don't think they're very helpful for someone trying to learn regula

Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-12 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, S Ellison wrote: > > "hadley wickham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/12/2007 17:02 >>> >> Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus > on >> applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a > mention of >> such a reference book recently

Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-12 Thread S Ellison
>>> "hadley wickham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/12/2007 17:02 >>> > Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on > applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of > such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message on the > ar

Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-11 Thread Christos Hatzis
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; r-help@r-project.org > Subject: RE: [R] book on regular expressions > > I've found the O'Reilly pocket reference "Regular Expression" > (about USD > 10.00) qui

Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-11 Thread davidr
Christos Hatzis Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:47 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] book on regular expressions Hello, Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of such a reference

Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-11 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Its not a book but there are some references to sites that explain regular expressions in the Links box of the gsubfn home page: http://gsubfn.googlecode.com On Dec 11, 2007 10:46 AM, Christos Hatzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Could someone recommend a good book on regular expression

Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-11 Thread Anne York
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Christos Hatzis wrote: CH > Hello, CH > CH > Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on CH > applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of CH > such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message

Re: [R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-11 Thread hadley wickham
> Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on > applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of > such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message on the > archive. Mastering regular expressions by Jeffrey Friedl (http://

[R] book on regular expressions

2007-12-11 Thread Christos Hatzis
Hello, Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message on the archive. Thanks. -Christos Christos Hatzis, Ph.D. Nuvera Bi