backreference
backreference · backreferences
An item in a regular expression equivalent to the text matched by an earlier pattern…An item in a regular expression equivalent to the text matched by an earlier pattern in the expression.
Meaning
1 sensesAn item in a regular expression equivalent to the text matched by an earlier pattern in the expression.
Origin
From back + reference.From back + reference.
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