RegExp Plugin
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## RegExp Plugin

### Enabling the RegExp View

To display the RegExp View select Window > Show View.. > Other... from the Eclipse menu and select the RegExp View from the list.

### Using the RegExp Plugin

The RegExp plugin is a small tool to debug Regular Expressions.

To check if a Regular Expression is valid, press the run

icon. If the Regular Expression matches the text i t will be signaled by a green icon.

If the Regular Expression contain brackets the resulting string will be colored.

### Debugging Regular Expressions

The Single Step feature allows for a step by step inspection of the regular expression.

If no sub expressions (...) are defined by the user the RegExp Plug-in tries to use logical blocks for matching, otherwise the already existing subexpressions are used.

The following buttons are provided:

> Reset (clears all color markers)

> Step forward

> Step backward

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