Revision as of 19:55, 30 December 2007 edit Monger (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 800 edits proposing this article for deletion per WP:NOT#GUIDE -- I brought this up on the talk page months ago, and there has not yet been any objection ← Previous edit		Revision as of 18:57, 2 January 2008 edit undo AaronSmythe (talk \| contribs) 1 edit No edit summary Next edit →
Line 1: {{dated prod\|concern = {{{concern\|Per [[WP:NOT#GUIDE]], Wikipedia is an encyclopedic reference, not an instruction manual, guidebook or textbook.}}}\|month = December\|day = 30\|year = 2007\|time = 19:55\|timestamp = 20071230195535}} ~~<!-- Do not use the "dated prod" template directly; the above line is generated by "subst:prod\|reason" -->~~ A [[regular expression]] ( also "RegEx" or "regex" ) is a string that is used to describe or match a set of strings, according to certain [[syntax]] rules. The specific syntax rules vary depending on the specific [[implementation]], [[programming language]], or [[Library (computing)\|library]] in use. Additionally, the functionality of regex implementations can vary between [[Software versioning\|version]]s.

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