Software offers English-like text pattern matching language.

Crystal Software Nov 02, 2004

Press Release Summary:

EasyPattern Helper provides alternative to perl-style regular expressions for beginners. Keywords are provided for common text strings such as letters, digits, and punctuation, which can be combined to match phone numbers. EasyPattern Helper lets user design and test EasyPatterns and perl patterns, with test string matching facility, pattern saving to disk, and right-click menus that allow common patterns to be inserted.

Original Press Release:

Easypatterns - Text Patterns For Humans

Melbourne, Australia - October 27, 2004 - Crystal Software announces EasyPattern Helper, its English-like text pattern matching language and assistant.

EasyPatterns provide an easy-to-learn alternative to perl-style regular expressions for beginners. Keywords are provided for many common text strings like [letters, [digits and [punctuation, which can be combined to match phone numbers:

[ optional punctuation, 3 digits, punctuation, 3 digits, punctuation, 4 digits

and dates:

[ Month, '-', Day, '-', Year

EasyPatterns can be converted to perl patterns, which makes EasyPatterns perfect for use with thousands of tools supporting difficult-to-understand perl patterns.

The EasyPattern Helper helps you to design and test both EasyPatterns and perl patterns, with a test string matching facility, pattern saving to disk, and right-click menus allowing many common patterns to be inserted.

CONTACT
From: Crystal Software Australia, www.crystalsoftware.com.au
Contact: Simon Carter, +61-3 9888-3104, sales2@crystalsoftware.com.au
Fax: +61-3 8610-1234

AVAILABILITY
Single user pricing starts at USD 19.95/EUR 17.69. A free evaluation can be downloaded from the company's website.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
EasyPattern Helper requires Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 and 16 MB of memory. The download file is 1 MB. Installation requires 2 MB.

ABOUT THE COMPANY
Founded in 1990, Crystal Software has its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, and has over 2000 customers in 62 countries. Its charter is to provide IT professionals with time saving data analysis tools. In addition to EasyPattern Helper, Crystal Software offers:
o TextPipe Pro, an application that lets you search and replace multiple phrases across multiple text files in a single operation;
o WordPipe, an application that lets you search and replace multiple phrases across multiple Word documents in a single operation;
o ExcelPipe, an application that lets you search and replace multiple phrases across multiple Excel spreadsheets in a single operation;
o DataPipe, a utility that makes it easy to search and replace information in live databases;
o ResumePipe; a utility that saves Human Resources professionals' time and money while processing applicants' resumes;
o DetachPipe, a program to detach, delete and compress attachments from large email accounts, while maintaining a clickable link to the documents; and other productivity software for Windows.

Info page: www.crystalsoftware.com.au/easypatternhelper.html

Simon Carter
CEO
Crystal Software
(+61) 3 9888 3104 (GMT+10 hours) simon.carter@crystalsoftware.com.au
http://www.crystalsoftware.com.au