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How do you use Regex in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Regex in a sentence

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Regex | Regexes

Regex meaning

Clipping of regular expression.

Using Regex

  • The main meaning on this page is: Clipping of regular expression.
  • In the example corpus, regex often appears in combinations such as: the regex, regex support, regex regex.

Context around Regex

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

run 1× offer 1× term 1× expression 1× use 1× derivative 1× multiple 1× alternate 1×

Often after:

support 2× pattern 2× based 1× functionality 1× engine 1× implementations 1× flavors 1× libraries 1× delimiter 1× yellow 1×

Sentence patterns with Regex

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

an alternate regex delimiter in 1× called a regex engine and 1× can run regex based queries 1× concepts of regex or regexp 1× expressions or regex for short 1× implementations of regex functionality is 1× in the regex have matched 1× library for regex support on 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a match is 1× although in many 1× an atom is 1× as soon as 1× for example consider 1× for this reason 1×

Common sentence endings:

a regular language 1× a target string 1× abstract unicode characters 1× available for reuse 1× avoid delimiter collision 1× describe the latter 1×

Words around Regex

Just before it in the word index:

regev 26 regesta 3 reges 2 reger 8 regenxbio 7 regenvanu 3

Just after it in the word index:

regexes 12 regg 2 reggae 325 reggaeton 28 regge 2 reggiani 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Regex

  • In this selection, "regex" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, run, offer, term, support, pattern and based stand out and add context to how "regex" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an alternate regex delimiter in and called a regex engine and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "regex" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with regex

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Syntax A regex pattern matches a target string. (8 words)

For example, consider an add-on library for regex support on String. (12 words)

Some languages and tools such as Boost and PHP support multiple regex flavors. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

As soon as you do this, the String class becomes larger, and people who don't need to use regex still have to "pay" for it in increased library size. (30 words)

A match is made, not when all the atoms of the string are matched, but rather when all the pattern atoms in the regex have matched. (26 words)

In modern usage, "regular expressions" are often distinguished from the derived, but fundamentally distinct concepts of regex or regexp, which no longer describe a regular language. (26 words)

Example sentences (16)

Although in many cases system administrators can run regex-based queries internally, most search engines do not offer regex support to the public.

For this reason, some people have taken to using the term regex, regex, or simply pattern to describe the latter.

Implementations of regex functionality is often called a regex engine, and a number of libraries are available for reuse.

Many programming languages feature regular expressions—or "regex" for short—which are used to find patterns in strings of text.

If you think that is a big deal, I have a regular expression (regex) to sell you.

A match is made, not when all the atoms of the string are matched, but rather when all the pattern atoms in the regex have matched.

An atom is a single point within the regex pattern which it tries to match to the target string.

As soon as you do this, the String class becomes larger, and people who don't need to use regex still have to "pay" for it in increased library size.

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For example, consider an add-on library for regex support on String.

In modern usage, "regular expressions" are often distinguished from the derived, but fundamentally distinct concepts of regex or regexp, which no longer describe a regular language.

Perl-derivative regex implementations are not identical and usually implement a subset of features found in Perl 5.0, released in 1994.

Some languages and tools such as Boost and PHP support multiple regex flavors.

Some regex libraries expect to work on some particular encoding instead of on abstract Unicode characters.

Sometimes it is useful to specify an alternate regex delimiter in order to avoid " delimiter collision ".

Syntax A regex pattern matches a target string.

The regex yellow matches at least two spaces occurring after period (.) and before an upper case letter as highlighted in the text above.

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Common combinations with regex

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "regex" in a sentence?
An example: "Although in many cases system administrators can run regex-based queries internally, most search engines do not offer regex support to the public." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "regex" from authentic English texts.
What does "regex" mean?
Regex means: Clipping of regular expression.
How many example sentences with "regex" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "regex", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.