"negative lookaround" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: negative lookarounds [plural]
Etymology: negative + lookaround Etymology templates: {{compound|en|negative|lookaround}} negative + lookaround Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} negative lookaround (countable and uncountable, plural negative lookarounds)
  1. (regular expressions) The analysis of the characters' absence before the regular expression is matched. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Regular expressions Hypernyms: lookaround
    Sense id: en-negative_lookaround-en-noun-fFaaTwdo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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