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Converting Regular Expressions to Englishby Anonymous Monk |
on May 28, 2002 at 15:42 UTC ( [id://169803]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Hi, I'm considering writing a script, and am curious to know whether something similar already exists. I've tried searching this site, Usenet, and the Web, but as I'm not sure of the correct terms to use I'm having no success. The basic idea is that it will accept as input a regular expression, and output a detailed explanation in English of what the regex does. Eventually, I'd like it to work the opposite way around as well -- converting English commands to a regex. Are there any major flaws in this proposal? Are there any references I'd be advised to read? What would the "right way" to approach such a problem? Thank you. :) - Ben
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