Does there exist a free Windows software program that will help you generate regular expressions using a wizard?
I’m not exactly sure what I am looking for but I am not looking for a regexp evaluator. What I need is a calculator/wizard to help me learn how reg expressions work, while not knowing all the syntax details (until i have the experience of course).
Expresso is a good free tool. It just needs email registration, but it’s free. The developer of that tool also wrote The 30 Minute Regex Tutorial which you can use to follow along. It’s included in the help file of Expresso.
RegexBuddy is not free, but seems to have a helpful UI and a cool debugger. Take a look at the demos.