regular expression
noun1
Computing, Computing theory, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Broadly Any pattern for text matching or searching, frequently offering more or less functionality than a theoretical regular expression.
- Synonyms
- regex, regexp