How to use the regular expression functions provided by the ‘re’ library to match, search, and replace text in your Python programs.

The result: 84,688 regular expressions that can play chess using a 2-ply minmax strategy. No kidding. We think we can do some heavy-duty regular expressions, but this is a whole other level.

This chapter’s first section introduces and explains all the key regular expression concepts and shows pure regular expression syntax—it makes minimal reference to Python itself. Then the second ...