regular expression

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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.

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