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Meaning of lookbehind | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The analysis of the preceding characters before the regular expression is matched.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“[There] are times when it's useful to be able to look to the left of the current position being considered to see what the past had to say about a particular pattern. That is the purpose of lookbehinds.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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