regular expression

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English

Noun

regular expression (plural regular expressions)

1. (computing theory) 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

• regex
• regexp

Translations

computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正則表達式 (cmn), 正则表达式 (cmn) (zhèngzé biǎodáshì), 正規表示法 (cmn), 正规表示法 (cmn) (zhèngguī biǎoshìfǎ), 常規表示法 (cmn), 常规表示法 (cmn) (chángguī biǎoshìfǎ)

• Czech: regulární výraz (cs) m
• Finnish: säännöllinen lauseke (fi)
• French: expression rationnelle (fr) f, expression régulière (fr) f

• German: regulärer Ausdruck (de) m, RegExp (de) m, Regex (de) m
• Japanese: 正規表現 (ja) (せいきひょうげん, sēkihyōgen)
• Persian: عبارت باقاعده (fa) ('ebârat-e bâqâ'ede)
• Russian: регулярное выражение (ru) (reguljárnoje vyražénije) n, (slang) регэксп (ru) (rɛgéksp) m, регекс (ru) (rɛgɛ́ks) m
• Spanish: expresión regular (es) f

Derived terms

• PCRE
• re
• regex
• regexp