"capturing group" meaning in English

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        "A grouping in a regular expression that stores the value it matches."
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      "qualifier": "regular expressions",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regular expressions) A grouping in a regular expression that stores the value it matches."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "non-capturing group"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kaappausryhmä"
        },
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          "word": "group de capture"
        }
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  "word": "capturing group"
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        "(regular expressions) A grouping in a regular expression that stores the value it matches."
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "kaappausryhmä"
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