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Hey Mike,

This isn't exactly an application but might be helpful for those unfamiliar with regex.

https://regex101.com/

This site allows you to enter in regex patterns and test them. There's also a quick reference at the bottom right.

Ron


On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 9:43 AM Mike Monaco <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Good morning,
> A colleague and I are planning a workshop on using regular expressions 
> and expect an audience of primarily public services librarians. I was 
> hoping other users here could suggest some applications of regex that 
> would be useful for librarians who are *not* working in technical 
> services or IT 9where the applications are much more obvious to me). 
> For example, pointing out that some apps and programs, like Google 
> Docs, can use regex for find/replace, web sites or databases that 
> support regex in searches, and so on. Thanks in advance.
>