The Regex Coach 0.9.2 Overview

The Regex Coach is a graphical application which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively. It has the following features:

* It shows whether a regular expression matches a particular target string.

* It can also show which parts of the target string correspond to captured register groups or to arbitrary parts of the regular expression.

* It can "walk" through the target string one match at a time.

* It can simulate Perl\\'s split and s/// (substitution) operators.

* It tries to describe the regular expression in plain English.

* It can show a graphical representation of the regular expression\\'s parse tree.

* It can single-step through the matching process as performed by the regex engine.

* Everything happens in "real time", i.e. as soon as you make a change somewhere in the application all other parts are instantly updated.