man. that Jimmy he's so regular. its like clock work. i know exactly what time it is based on his regularity.
by jimmydagook July 19, 2005
Get the regular mug.1. Commonplace
2. Symmetrical, well-rounded.
3. A person who normally visits internet facilities, i.e. chatrooms, game servers, and is well-recognized by his/her peers.
2. Symmetrical, well-rounded.
3. A person who normally visits internet facilities, i.e. chatrooms, game servers, and is well-recognized by his/her peers.
by Kiko December 16, 2003
Get the Regular mug.A text string pattern matching mechanism. Usually applied to individual lines of text, such as from a simple text file, where the regular expression (sometimes abbreviated as RE) pattern can be used to precisely specify which lines ought to match and which shouldn't. The more complicated REs may look very confusing to people who don't know them, as they look more like a random string of letters and other characters without any obvious meaning.
Commonly they're enclosed between slashes (/like this/), because that's how they were used in many ancient Unix tools. They can also be used for text substitution, for example with the s/ construct. A common operator specifying that a RE will follow is the tilde (~).
The Perl language makes heavy use of regular expressions, and the grep tool also searches by REs. SED and AWK are some older tools also using REs.
REs come in two forms: Basic REs and Extended REs, varying slightly in syntax and possible contructs. Perl extens the Extended REs even further and has defined the standard "Perl Compatible REs" (PCRE).
Commonly they're enclosed between slashes (/like this/), because that's how they were used in many ancient Unix tools. They can also be used for text substitution, for example with the s/ construct. A common operator specifying that a RE will follow is the tilde (~).
The Perl language makes heavy use of regular expressions, and the grep tool also searches by REs. SED and AWK are some older tools also using REs.
REs come in two forms: Basic REs and Extended REs, varying slightly in syntax and possible contructs. Perl extens the Extended REs even further and has defined the standard "Perl Compatible REs" (PCRE).
"some example string" =~ /^s*.*e+.*(?:x.* )?.*?g$/
result: 1 (because the regular expression between the // matches the string)
result: 1 (because the regular expression between the // matches the string)
by DJMoses May 27, 2009
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Get the Bifidus Regularis mug.A population which is always the majority. Nothing special, not famous, not rich, not wealthy, not powerful, not a big shot, not a celebrity, not the president, never the leader but always a follower. Just a person that would believe anything they're told and accept the shittier jobs so the government can stay well above and beyond while your just a regular nothing worthless nobody piece of shit.
Most people (at least 99 percent of the population). People no one ever heard of or will ever hear of. Not a celebrity or anywhere near the center of attention, but someone who could barely get on the news if they shot themselves in the head in the middle of Times Square as a suicide just for recognition that he's worth anything at all. my father David is a regular nobody because no one knows him and no one gives a fuck about him or anything about him.
by tatomuck2 October 30, 2008
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