Jeff McNeil - Python 2.6 text processing : beginners guide : the easiest way to learn how to manipulate text with Python

Jeff McNeil has been working in the Internet Services industry for over 10 years. He cut his teeth during the late 90's Internet boom and has been developing software for Unix and Unix-flavored systems ever since. Jeff has been a full-time Python developer for the better half of that time and has professional experience with a collection of other languages, including C, Java, and Perl. He takes an interest in systems administration and server automation problems. Jeff recently joined Google and has had the pleasure of working with some very talented individuals.

I'd like to above all thank Julie, Savannah, Phoebe, Maya, and Trixie for allowing me to lock myself in the office every night for months. The Web.com gang and those in the Python community willing to share their authoring experiences. Finally, Steven Wilding, Reshma Sundaresan, Shubhanjan Chatterjee, and the rest of the Packt Publishing team for all of the hard work and guidance.

Maurice HT Ling completed his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and B.Sc(Hons) in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Melbourne where he worked on microarray analysis and text mining for protein-protein interactions. He is currently an honorary fellow in the University of Melbourne, Australia. Maurice holds several Chief Editorships, including the Python papers, Computational, and Mathematical Biology, and Methods and Cases in Computational, Mathematical and Statistical Biology. In Singapore, he co-founded the Python User Group (Singapore) and is the co-chair of PyCon Asia-Pacific 2010. In his free time, Maurice likes to train in the gym, read, and enjoy a good cup of coffee. He is also a senior fellow of the International Fitness Association, USA.