Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regular expression

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
reg-u-lar -ex-pres-sion
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Any pattern for text matching or searching, frequently offering more or less functionality than a theoretical regular expression.

Inflected Forms

regular expressions (plural)

Derived Forms

grep PCRE re regex regexp

Synonyms

regex regexp

Questions

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

How to pronounce regular expression

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