2.5: Regular Expressions: Back References - Programming with Text

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In this short tutorial, I explain the concept of "back references" and explore how they are used to match the characters previously matched by capturing parentheses (groups) in a regular expression (regex).

This is the fifth video in a series on Regular Expressions, which is part of the "Programming from A to Z" course at ITP (http://itp.nyu.edu).

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MDN's Regular Expressions Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions
Regular Expressions on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression
Book Mastering Regular Expressions: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596528126.do
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