Scanning for HREFS

Provides an example that searches an input string and prints out all the href="..." values and their locations in the string.

Changing Date Formats

Provides an example that replaces dates of the form mm/dd/yy with dates of the form dd-mm-yy.

Extracting URL Information

Provides an example that extracts a protocol and port number from a string containing a URL. For example, "http://www.contoso.com:8080/letters/readme.html" returns "http:8080".

Cleaning an Input String

provides an example that strips invalid non-alphanumeric characters from a string.

Confirming Valid E-Mail Format

Provides an example that you can use to verify that a string is in valid e-mail format.