Sekirov Dictionary

backreference

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

•
An item in a regular expression equivalent to the text matched by an earlier pattern in the expression.
- The third part of the regular expression, \1, is the backreference and tells ColdFusion to refer back to the first subexpression[…] — 2003

verb1

•
To access (the text matched by an earlier pattern in a regular expression).
- By wrapping it in parentheses, the attributes can be reused by backreferencing this part of the pattern[…] — 2009

forms

backreferenced · backreferencing · backreferences

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