Explained – Regular Expressions

J.D. Meier, Keith Brown, Prashant Bansode
Microsoft Corporation

November 2007

This video module shows you how to use regular expressions to validate input and data.

• Use an interactive tool to develop regular expression patterns for validation.
• Use the .NET Framework’s Regex class to validate user input strings.
• Discover guidance at the Microsoft Patterns & Practices website

The video is a small wmv file streaming / download:

• Explained – Regular Expressions (Length: 5:04 - Size: 5.64 MB)

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