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<H1><A NAME="idh_regexpadvbackref"></A>Back References</H1>

<P>Outside a character class, a backslash followed by a digit greater than 0 (and possibly further digits) is a back reference to a capturing subpattern earlier (i.e. to its left) in the pattern, provided there hav