regexp
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- noun
- /ˈrɛɡɛxp/
- Specialized
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expresión regular
- If you aren't, change the regexp to escape apostrophes instead of doubling them, and prefix the string with E, so O'Brien becomes E'O'Brien.
Examples
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You cannot implement a faster/better regexp engine in Perl itself without using the underlying regexp engine.
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A simple strcmp is not going to cut it, and a regexp compare is even trickier.
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You cannot implement a faster/better regexp engine in Perl itself without using the underlying regexp engine.
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A regexp is used to search for specific patterns in text documents.
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When writing a regexp, remember to escape special characters to ensure accurate matches.
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This regexp can effectively identify email addresses within a larger body of text.
Synonyms
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A set of characters that tells a program how to find text
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
regexp = regular + expression (semi-transparent) = reg + exp
The form is clearly short for 'regular expression', but the specific technical meaning (a pattern syntax used in computing) is specialized and not fully derivable by a general learner.
Etymology
Regexp comes from the words regular and expression. regular means 'following a rule' and expression means 'something that shows', so a regexp is a short pattern you give a computer to find or change text.