Introduction to Regular Expressions Course

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Free Online Course: Introduction to Regular Expressions Course provided by Treehouse is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge.

Overview
  • Regular Expressions are like having a secret code for telling a computer exactly what you want. Regex, as it's often referred to, is a text string for describing a search pattern. You can think of it as a supercharged version of a find tool. In this course, we'll explore what regular expressions are, and get some practice using them.

    What you'll learn

    • Search methods
    • Patterns
    • Converting messy text into something useful

Syllabus
  • Regular Expressions

    Regular Expressions

    Chevron 11 steps
    • What is a Regular Expression?

      5:54

    • Matching Specific Characters

      5:09

    • Matching Character Ranges

      2:33

    • Using Wildcard Characters

      4:49

    • Finding Repeated Characters

      5:47

    • Excluding Characters

      3:53

    • Alternation

      1:40

    • Groups

      3:27

    • Beginning and Ending of Strings

      2:10

    • Language Practice

      1:03

    • Regular Expressions

      5 questions