00 • Foundations

Introduction to Regular Expressions (00.10)


Description
Because regular expressions are used so frequently in the creation of extractors in Grooper, learning how to understand and leverage this decades old syntax for finding patterns is critical. This course will guide you through the basics of regular expressions, which should be more than enough to get you started in Grooper.
Content
  • Files to Download
  • Literal String Matching
  • Regex Quiz 1
  • Meta Characters
  • Regex Quiz 2
  • Character Sets
  • Regex Quiz 3
  • Anchors And Whitespace Characters
  • Regex Quiz 4
  • Data Context
  • Regex Quiz 5
  • Quantifiers
  • Regex Quiz 6
  • Using Quantifiers
  • Regex Quiz 7
  • Or Pipes And Capture Groups
  • Regex Quiz 8
  • Returning Emails Using Capture Groups
  • Returning URLs Using Capture Groups
  • Lazy and Greedy Quantifiers
  • Regex Quiz 9
  • Functionality In Grooper
  • Regex Final Quiz
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: 2 years