regular expression
sequence of characters that forms a search pattern
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regular expression
Summary
regular expression ranks in the top 0.4% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,474 views/month, #313 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- regular expression is credited with the discovery of Stephen Cole Kleene[2].
- regular expression is a type of pattern matching[3].
- regular expression is a type of string algorithm[4].
- regular expression's Commons category is recorded as Regex[5].
- regular expression's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1951[6].
- regular expression's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Regular expressions[7].
- regular expression's described at URL is recorded as http://regexr.com/[8].
- regular expression's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/regex[9].
- regular expression's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1793[10].
- regular expression's main Wikidata property is recorded as P4240[11].
- regular expression's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8770[12].
- regular expression's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8966[13].
- regular expression's equivalent class is recorded as http://edamontology.org/data_1352[14].
- regular expression's uses is recorded as vertical bar[15].
- regular expression's uses is recorded as question mark[16].
- regular expression's uses is recorded as asterisk[17].
- regular expression's uses is recorded as curly bracket[18].
- regular expression's uses is recorded as plus sign[19].
- regular expression's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[20].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include pattern matching[3] and string algorithm[4].
Why It Matters
regular expression ranks in the top 0.4% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,474 views/month, #313 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 127 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
It has been cited as an influence by Gremlin[23], a domain-specific language[24], founded in 2009[25].
FAQs
Who did regular expression influence?
regular expression has been cited as an influence by Gremlin[23].