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Regexp

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regexnoun(computing) Clipping of regular expression. [(computing theory) A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.]
grepnounA program which selects lines in a file which match a given pattern.
subexpressionnoun(mathematics, programming) An expression that is a part of a larger expression.
subexpressionsnoun—
substringsnoun(computing) A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string.
backreferencesnoun—
perlnoun(computer languages) A family of high-level programming languages, particularly used for text processing.
substringnoun(computing) A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string.
exprnounexpr is a command line utility on Unix and Unix-like operating systems which evaluates an expression and outputs the corresponding value.
subpatternnounA pattern that is contained in another, larger pattern.
postfixnoun(chiefly computing) A suffix.
multibyte(computing) Contained in more than one byte.
pcrenoun(regular expressions) Initialism of Perl-compatible regular expressions.
printfnounprintf is a C standard library function that formats text and writes it to standard output.
whitespacenoun(often attributive) Alternative form of white space. [White area between written characters and graphic regions on a produced page or computer display; blanks and the vertical blank lines in between paragraphs, or other organized rows of text lines (poetry).]
syntaxnounA set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
newlinesnoun(computing) The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape sequence used in a programming language to denote this character.
subpatternsnoun—
textfilenounAlternative form of text file. [(computing) A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.]
substrnoun(computing) A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string.

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