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.NET Regular Expression Designer vs TextPad

A side-by-side look at .NET Regular Expression Designer and TextPad. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

.NET Regular Expression Designer

.NET Regular Expression Designer

Development

.NET Regular Expression Designer is a free open source tool by Microsoft that allows developers to visually create, test, and debug .NET regular expressions. It has features like syntax highlighting, testing against sample text, and explanation of regex components.

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TextPad

TextPad

Office & Productivity

TextPad is a text editor for Windows. It has features for editing plain text, source code, and markup languages. It's lightweight, customizable, and supports syntax highlighting, macros, editing multiple files in tabs, and more.

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