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QuickREx - Regular Expressions 
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QuickREx - Regular Expressions

Version: 3.5.0
Support Eclipse Version: 3.0.x, 3.1.x, 3.2.x, 3.3RC3
License: Free EPL
Development Status: Production/Stable
Company: Bastian Bergerhoff
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Update Site URL: http://www.bastian-bergerhoff.com/eclipse/features

QuickREx is a regular-expression test tool. It gives you a view in which you can enter test-texts and try regular expressions. The expressions are evaluated against the test-text on the fly, matches are highlighted and you can navigate between the matches and contained groups. You can also extract all matches ("grep"). You can set compiler-flags - also changed the GUI. QuickREx offers a Regular Expression Library where you can keep and organize useful expressions. It also contains some expressions to start with. QuickREx has fully customizable code-completion and supports JDK, Jakarta ORO and JRegex and Kakarta Regexp Regular Expressions. Also, there is a Japanese localization available from the update site. Latest changes: Version 3.5.0 - adds Edit-Dialogue for Reg. Exp.s QuickREx is distributed under the EPL v 1.0
Added on: 19-Feb-2005 | Updated: 07-Jun-2007




Last 10 Comments


User: AnonymousRating: 102008-04-14 05:02:00
Simply great, solves an important problem effectively. i don't include any regex in my code without using this plugin to test it first.


User: leet3liteRating: 82008-02-20 09:25:59
NOTE TO EVERYONE: It is the TinyHTML plugin that you get from the same update site that ruins key bindings! The update URL is home to several small and independent plugins. The plugin overview on this website should make it clear that the update URL isn't just for this plugin - it seems to catch a lot of people out! (-1 point) QuickREx itself is really very useful. The simple, intuitive interface and immediate feedback is very useful indeed. IMHO, the only feature that this lacks is a test again multiple strings, like that available at this regular expression test page (-1 point): (cannot post link) www dot fileformat dot info slash tool slash regex dot htm


User: AnonymousRating: 12008-01-25 08:17:09
Ruined my keybindings


User: AnonymousRating: 102008-01-05 15:47:54
good one..


User: AnonymousRating: 102007-11-08 12:27:57
This plugin is great...helps solve regular expression problems quickly. Thanks a lot - Sean LeBlanc


User: AnonymousRating: 12007-11-02 07:44:37
Eclipse says it 's working fine, but onder show-view-other there is NO QuickRex view. So it does nothing.


User: AnonymousRating: 92007-11-01 21:14:02
The key bindings that get destroyed will only happen if you install other plugins in addition to QuickREx - the update site has 4 or 5 other plugins that you don't need. This is a great plugin - it even has an example view that helps you learn regular expressions. Just installed it today and conquered a regex problem I couldn't figure out, Ray Case


User: AnonymousRating: 52007-09-06 11:24:11
horrible for Java-Developers, because it destroys a couple of necessary key-bindings which you have to reconstruct manually, even after uninstalling the plugin and restoring default key bindings


User: AnonymousRating: 102007-08-30 07:37:58
simply the best plugin for regex, IMHO a must have for everybody. has everything: live evaluation, different regex styles, regex compiler flags, copy to java,... you name it. it's as close to perfect as a plugin can be ;-)


User: AnonymousRating: 102007-06-15 06:08:10
cool this what i have been looking for