This regex creator is one I've used for ages; its a bit ugly but it generates the regex for Perl PHP Python Java Javascript ColdFusion C C++ Ruby VB VBScript J#.net C#.net C++.net VB.net. You type an example (or the actual) string you plan to search over, click submit and it generates a weird chart that you can use to select which bits you want your regex to find. Really advise giving it ago; no regex knowledge required and more importantly.. fast.