A Regular Expression is a tool for searching, processing, and manipulating text. Regular expressions have a long history and can be found in just about every popular programming language. They are widely used, and whether you are a developer or an engineer, you should be able to recognize and work with them.

In this lab, you will learn how to use quantifiers to match sequences of characters in different ways, you will learn about anchors, and you will learn how to use capture groups. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this beginner level lab, you will be able to:

• Implement a regular expression using Python
• Use special characters, anchors, and capture groups to match subsets of a piece of text

Intended Audience

• Developers
• Engineers

Prerequisites

This lab builds upon the lab below and it is recommended to complete it before starting this lab:

• Constructing Regular Expression Character Classes

Familiarity with the Python programming language will be beneficial but is not required.

The following course can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:

• Python for Beginners