front matter
preface
acknowledgments
about this book
about the author
about the cover illustration
1 The map and the territory
About regular expressions
Rise of the programming machines
Caveats
Intentional software development
As you read
2 Quantifiers and special sub-patterns
Puzzle 1 Wildcard scope
Author thoughts: What will each pattern match?
AI thoughts: CodingNet
Puzzle 2 Words and sequences
Author thoughts: Think about what defines word boundaries
AI thoughts: The transformator
Puzzle 3 Endpoint classes
Author thoughts: Refine the regular expression to match what we want
AI thoughts: Are friends electric?
Puzzle 4 A configuration format
Author thoughts: Remember that shapes have edges