Definition & Meaning | English word BACKREFERENCE

Definitions of BACKREFERENCE

1. (regular expressions) An item in a regular expression equivalent to the text matched by an earlier pattern in the expression.
2. (regular expressions, transitive) To access (the text matched by an earlier pattern in a regular expression).

Examples of Using BACKREFERENCE in a Sentence

• While a backreference provides a mechanism to refer to that part of the subject that has previously matched a subpattern, a subroutine provides a mechanism to reuse an underlying previously defined subpattern.

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