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A regex (a regular expression, regexp) is a textual form for specifying sets of strings in a regular language, often used for matching against. Use this tag for questions about regex as it pertains to developing/implementing a programming language, including for constructs that are not strictly regular such as backreferences. General regex questions are off-topic.

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