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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>backreference</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="background.html" title="background"/><link rel="next" href="backronym.html" title="backronym"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">backreference</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="background.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="backronym.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="backreference"/><dt xmlns="" id="backreference"><b>backreference</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. In a regular expression or pattern match, the text which was
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matched within grouping parentheses</p></dd><dd><p> 2. The part of the pattern which refers back to the matched
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text. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. By extension, anything which refers back to something which has
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been seen or discussed before. “<span class="quote">When you said ‘she’ just
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now, who were you backreferencing?</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="background.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="backronym.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">background </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> backronym</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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