The lesson provides background on the regular expression language and how it can be used to match and extract text and to clean data. It is based on the Library Carpentry lesson: https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-data-intro/
Prerequisites
This lesson has no prerequisites. You will need an internet connection and a web browser.
| Setup | Download files required for the lesson | |
| 00:00 | 1. Intro to Regular Expressions | How can you imagine using regular expressions in your work? |
| 00:45 | 2. Matching & Extracting | How can you use regular expressions to match and extract strings? |
| 01:00 | 3. Matching & Substitution | How do you find and replace strings with regular expressions? |
| 01:40 | 4. Going further | What else can I do with Regex? |
| 01:40 | 5. Self-Multiple Choice Quiz | How do you find and match strings with regular expressions? |
| 02:40 | 6. More Exercises | How do you find and match strings with regular expressions? |
| 03:30 | Finish |
The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.