regular expression
Noun

regular expression (plural regular expressions)

  1. (comptheory) A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.
  2. (computing, more generally) Any pattern for text matching or searching, frequently offering more or less functionality than a theoretical regular expression.
Synonyms Translations
  • French: expression rationnelle, expression régulière
  • German: regulärer Ausdruck, RegExp, Regex
  • Italian: espressione regolare
  • Portuguese: expressão regular
  • Russian: регуля́рное выраже́ние
  • Spanish: expresión regular



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