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negative lookbehinds

negative lookbehinds is the plural of negative lookbehind.

Meaning of negative lookbehind

Noun

negative lookbehind (countable and uncountable, plural negative lookbehinds)

  1. (regular expressions) The analysis of the preceding characters absence before the regular expression is matched (symbol: ?<!).

Questions about negative lookbehinds

What is negative lookbehinds the plural of?
Negative lookbehinds is the plural of negative lookbehind.

Words near negative lookbehinds in the dictionary

  1. negative logic
  2. negative lookahead
  3. negative lookaheads
  4. negative lookaround
  5. negative lookbehind
  6. negative lookbehinds
  7. negative nancies
  8. negative nancy
  9. negative nancys
  10. negative Ned
  11. negative Neds

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