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| Regular expression
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| Definition
| A regular expression—also called regex, regexes, regexp, regexps, regexen—is a string that describes a set of strings to be found or altered according to certain syntax rules. The regular expression pattern matching process is supported by programming languages, text editors, utilities. A regular expression may include alphanumeric characters, metacharacters, and operators. Most .NET languages—including Visual C#—support regular expressions.
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| This C# Online.NET definition is from the Glossary of .NET / C# Terms.
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