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  • noun computing regular expression

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Examples

  • Besides, one of the most useful features of RegEx Buddy is it's plain English regex tree that makes it easy to understand exactly what a regular expression does - step by step.

    doggdot.us 2009

  • A regular expression (called regex) is a way for a programmer to instruct how a program should look for a specified pattern in text and then what it should do when each pattern match is found.

    Ajax Blog Jegan Smiles 2010

  • If you're familiar with 'regex' or 'grep', then you already know that 360Works Patterns plugin is something you will want to add to your FileMaker toolkit.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • If you're familiar with 'regex' or 'grep', then you already know that 360Works Patterns plugin is something you will want to add to your FileMaker toolkit.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • Regular Expressions, or 'regex' for short, are a very powerful set of text manipulation and pattern matching libraries that have existed on UNIX for decades but which are only now available in FileMaker Pro.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • Regular Expressions, or 'regex' for short, are a very powerful set of text manipulation and pattern matching libraries that have existed on UNIX for decades but which are only now available in FileMaker Pro.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • Regular Expressions, or 'regex' for short, are a very powerful set of text manipulation and pattern matching libraries that have existed on UNIX for decades but which are only now available in FileMaker Pro.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • If you're familiar with 'regex' or 'grep', then you already know that 360Works Patterns plugin is something you will want to add to your FileMaker toolkit.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • Regular Expressions, or 'regex' for short, are a very powerful set of text manipulation and pattern matching libraries that have existed on UNIX for decades but which are only now available in FileMaker Pro.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • If you're familiar with 'regex' or 'grep', then you already know that 360Works Patterns plugin is something you will want to add to your FileMaker toolkit.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • As a subeditor on the Features desk, Max had begun writing regular expressions – short sequences of characters to search for patterns in text (regex) – to help spot copy that didn’t match parts of the style guide.

    How we made Typerighter, the Guardian’s style guide checker Jonathon Herbert 2021

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  • regexp

    July 10, 2008