Regular Expressions

A regular expression is a shorthand for abbreviating patterns of text. For specific examples of using regular expressions to search our data archive holdings, please also see http://ciser.cornell.edu/info/hints.shtml.

For more information about regular expressions:

• Using Reqular Expressions http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/services/helpsheets/unix/regex.html from the University of Virginia.
• Reqular Expressions http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xbd/re.html from The Open Group.
• Regular Expressions Explained http://zez.org/article/articleprint/11/ by Jan Borsodi.