backreference

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|regular expressions}} An item in a [[regular expression]] equivalent to the text matched by an earlier [[pattern]] in the expression.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|regular expressions|transitive}} To access (the text matched by an earlier [[pattern]] in a [[regular expression]]).

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