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[Lop]

I am interested to know what libraries people use for regular expressions in C++? I've read about Boost, but has anyone tried it? Or does anyone have any other recommendations?

[chax]

Same here. I too have heard about "Boost library" but haven't tried it.
Try this:
Boost.Regex

[morefood2001]

I have used boost for regular expressions in C++, and I've found it is helpful, but I don't like Regex that well :P

[WingedPanther]

I've looked briefly at Boost Regex, but not in depth. From what I've seen, it should meet all your needs, however.

[Lop]

morefood2001 said:

I have used boost for regular expressions in C++, and I've found it is helpful, but I don't like Regex that well :P

Not many people are fans of regular expressions, but sometimes they are necessary.

Thanks for the input, I suppose I will give boost a try.

[WingedPanther]

Regular expressions have a learning curve, but can be VERY powerful. I've used them to identify duplicate data in the CSV output of a table, for example.