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lookbehinds

lookbehinds is the plural of lookbehind.

Meaning of lookbehind

Noun

lookbehind (countable and uncountable, plural lookbehinds)

  1. (regular expressions) The analysis of the preceding characters before the regular expression is matched.
    • [There] are times when it's useful to be able to look to the left of the current position being considered to see what the past had to say about a particular pattern. That is the purpose of lookbehinds.2004, Mehran Habibi, Java Regular Expressions: Taming the java.util.regex Engine

Phrases with lookbehinds

Questions about lookbehinds

What is lookbehinds the plural of?
Lookbehinds is the plural of lookbehind.

Words near lookbehinds in the dictionary

  1. lookatchu
  2. lookback
  3. lookback time
  4. lookbacks
  5. lookbehind
  6. lookbehinds
  7. lookbook
  8. lookbooked
  9. lookbooking
  10. lookbooks
  11. lookdev

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