Master Regular Expressions

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What are regular expressions?

Patterns that specify a set of numbers required for a particular purpose
Patterns that specify a set of images required for a particular purpose
Patterns that specify a set of colors required for a particular purpose
Patterns that specify a set of strings required for a particular purpose (correct)

What operations can regular expressions provide?

Searching, sorting, replacing, and indexing
Comparison, sorting, filtering, and mapping
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Boolean "or", grouping, quantification, and wildcard (correct)

What can regular expressions be used for?

To describe a finite set of images in a concise way
To describe a finite set of numbers in a concise way
To describe a finite set of colors in a concise way
To describe a finite set of strings in a concise way (correct)

What is the expressive power of regular expressions?

They have the same expressive power as regular grammars (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are the most common operations in regular expressions?

Concatenation, alternation, and Kleene star (A) Signup and view all the answers

What can regular expressions be combined to form?

Arbitrarily complex expressions (D) Signup and view all the answers

What do regular expressions describe in formal language theory?

Regular languages (D) Signup and view all the answers

What do regular expressions consist of?

Constants and operator symbols (C) Signup and view all the answers

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Regular expressions are patterns that specify a set of strings required for a particular purpose. They can be used to describe a finite set of strings in a concise way, and provide operations such as Boolean "or", grouping, quantification, and wildcard. These constructions can be combined to form arbitrarily complex expressions. Regular expressions describe regular languages in formal language theory, and have the same expressive power as regular grammars. They consist of constants and operator symbols, and the most common operations are concatenation, alternation, and Kleene star.