regex
- noun
- /ˈrɛɡɛks/
- Specialized
:
motor de expresiones regulares
- The developer used a regex to quickly find all email addresses in the document.
Examples
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To extract email addresses from the log file, I wrote a complex regex pattern.
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The regex engine processes the input quickly.
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Learning how to write a regex can make text processing much more efficient.
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Some programming languages include a built-in regex library for pattern matching.
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You can use regex to find specific patterns in text.
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The developer used a regex to efficiently find and replace text in the document.
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Understanding how to create a regex is essential for anyone working with data validation in code.
How General
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1
4.6
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7.0
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6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
regex = regular + expression (semi-transparent) = regular + expression
A clipped/blended form of 'regular expression' whose morphology is clear but which denotes a specific type of software component.
Etymology
The word regex also came to mean the program or tool that reads those patterns, because the tool runs a regular expression for you. So when people talk about a regex library or engine, they mean the software that finds or changes text using those 'patterns'.