Regular expression Uncommon

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.

See Also

repetition pattern regular positive lookbehind wild card positive lookaround star height lookahead

Related Terms

repetition pattern regular positive lookbehind wild card positive lookaround star height lookahead alternation positive lookahead regex golf regular expressions iteration subexpression negative lookaround text concatenation backreference quantifier negative lookbehind

Rhyming Words

ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion

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