The third part of the regular expression, \1, is the backreference and tells ColdFusion to refer back to the first subexpression[…]
Source: wiktionary
Subexpression
Synonyms for "subexpression"
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1 entrieshas context
2 entriesholonym
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
3 translations across 3 languages.
Czech
1 entries- podvýraz noun (expression that is a part of a larger one)
Italian
1 entries- sottoespressione noun (expression that is a part of a larger one)
Russian
1 entries- подвыраже́ние noun (expression that is a part of a larger one)
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Something to note that's shared between all subexpressions (as well as scriptblocks) is that the end of a line does not terminate the subexpression.
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