lookbehind

== English == === Etymology === Deverbal from look behind. === Noun === lookbehind (countable and uncountable, plural lookbehinds) (regular expressions) The analysis of the preceding characters before the regular expression is matched. ==== Hypernyms ==== lookaround ==== Hyponyms ==== (regular expressions): negative lookbehind (?<!) (regular expressions): positive lookbehind (?<=) ==== Related terms ==== lookahead lookaside