Dictionary

regular expression en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.
2. (broadly) Any pattern for text matching or searching, frequently offering more or less functionality than a theoretical regular expression.

Forms

Deriveds

PCRE · re · regex · grep · regexp

Synonyms

regex · regexp

Translations (26)

it espressione regolare (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · cmn 常規表示法 /常规表示法 (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · fa عبارت باقاعده (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · pl wyrażenie regularne (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · ru регуля́рное выраже́ние (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · fi säännöllinen lauseke (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · cmn 正規表示法 /正规表示法 (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · th นิพจน์ปรกติ (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · el κανονική έκφραση (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · sv reguljärt uttryck (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · de RegExp (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · cs regulární výraz (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · th นิพจน์ปกติ (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · ru регэ́ксп (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · de Regex (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · es expresión regular (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · fr expression régulière (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · fr expression rationnelle (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · cmn 正則表達式 /正则表达式 (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · hu reguláris kifejezés (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · tr düzenli ifade (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · is regluleg segð (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · de regulärer Ausdruck (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · pt expressão regular (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · ru реге́кс (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched) · ja 正規表現 (computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched)