"positive lookbehind" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: positive lookbehinds [plural]
Etymology: positive + lookbehind Etymology templates: {{compound|en|positive|lookbehind}} positive + lookbehind Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} positive lookbehind (countable and uncountable, plural positive lookbehinds)
  1. (regular expressions) The analysis of the preceding characters' presence before the regular expression is matched (symbol: ?<=). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Regular expressions Hypernyms (lookaround): lookbehind
    Sense id: en-positive_lookbehind-en-noun-7ZyBwztl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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