Easily Use Regular Expressions in Your Perl Scripts

Perl Regex Made Easy

Because of Perl's focus on managing and mangling text, regular expressions are an integral part of the Perl language. RegexBuddy makes it very easy to use regular expressions in your Perl scripts.

See How Easy Coding with Regexes Can Be

First, use RegexBuddy to define a regex or retrieve a regexp saved in a RegexBuddy library. Rely on RegexBuddy's clear regex analysis, which is constantly updated as you build the pattern, rather than dealing with the cryptic regex syntax on your own. Detailed help on that syntax is always only a click away.

If you copied a regex written for another programming language, simply paste it into RegexBuddy, and select the original regex flavor. RegexBuddy will then automatically convert it to the Perl regex flavor when you generate a Perl source code snippet.

If you created a new regular expression, test and debug it in RegexBuddy before using it in your Perl source code. Test each regex in RegexBuddy's safe sandbox without risking precious data. Quickly apply the regex to a wide variety of input and sample data, without having to produce that input through your script.

Finally, let RegexBuddy generate a source code snippet that you can copy and paste directly into whichever IDE or Perl code editor you use. Just choose what you want to use the regex for, and a fully functional code snippet is ready. You can change the names of variables and parameters to suit your naming style or the current situation, which RegexBuddy automatically remembers.

Don't bother trying to remember Perl's specific regex syntax. And don't worry about properly escaping backslashes and other characters. Just tell RegexBuddy what you want to do, and you will get the proper Perl code straight away. Anything can be done: testing a string for a match, extracting search matches, validating input, search-and-replace, splitting a string, etc.

Let RegexBuddy Make Regex Easy for You

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"I purchased RegexBuddy a year or so ago and I use it all the time with Perl. I just wanted to tell you that it's a very good product!"

-- Andrei Klotchkov
27 September 2006, Alabama, USA

Using regular expressions with Perl

"I have been coding in Perl for years and had always found coding a new regex to be a tedious task. Not anymore! This product is downright awesome."

-- Joel Limardo
23 March 2005, Illinois, USA

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