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regular expression

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Noun

regular expression (plural regular expressions)

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

Synonyms

regex
regexp

Derived terms

Translations

computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched

Chinese:
Mandarin: 正則表達式 / 正则表达式 (zh) (zhèngzé biǎodáshì), 正規表示法 / 正规表示法 (zhèngguī biǎoshìfǎ), 常規表示法 / 常规表示法 (chángguī biǎoshìfǎ)
Czech: regulární výraz m
Finnish: säännöllinen lauseke (fi)
French: expression rationnelle (fr) f
German: regulärer Ausdruck m, RegExp m, Regex m
Greek: κανονική έκφραση (el) f (kanonikí ékfrasi)
Hungarian: reguláris kifejezés (hu)
Icelandic: regluleg segð f
Italian: espressione regolare (it) f
Japanese: 正規表現 (せいきひょうげん, sēkihyōgen)
Persian: عبارت باقاعده ('ebârat-e bâqâ'ede)
Portuguese: expressão regular f
Russian: регуля́рное выраже́ние (ru) n (reguljárnoje vyražénije), (slang) регэ́ксп m (rɛgɛ́ksp), реге́кс m (rɛgɛ́ks)
Spanish: expresión regular f
Swedish: reguljärt uttryck
Thai: นิพจน์ปรกติ, นิพจน์ปกติ
Turkish: düzenli ifade (tr)

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