Assertion: regular expression | /r/HasProperty | abbreviated as regex
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Regular expressions (abbreviated as regex or regexp, with plural forms regexes, regexps, or regexen) are written in a formal language that can be interpreted by a regular expression processor, a program that either serves as a parser generator or examines text and identifies parts that match the provided specification.
text: A regular expression (sometimes abbreviated to "regex") is a way for a computer user or programmer to express how a computer program should look for a specified pattern in text