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Section 9 Chapter 52 - Regular Expressions

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#1
Front (Question)

|

Back (Answer)

OR

#2
Front (Question)

?

Back (Answer)

Optional (preceding element)

#3
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*

Back (Answer)

zero or more (preceding element)

#4
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+

Back (Answer)

one or more (preceding element)

#5
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Regular Expression

Back (Answer)

A simple way to describe a set

#6
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Regular expression for a 0 followed by any binary string

Back (Answer)

0(0|1)+

#7
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Common uses of regular expressions (3)

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• To match patterns to text files • By compilers to recognise syntax • By programs to validate input

#8
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Regular language

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A language that can be represented with a regular expression (or a FSM)

#9
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Relationship between regular expressions and FSM

Back (Answer)

They are equivalent ways of describing a regular language