Misc #22091: Missing Regexp documentation on relative (negative) backreferences

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• Assignee: burdettelamar (Burdette Lamar)

[cryptogopher (crypto gopher)]

I found out about them elsewhere: https://idiosyncratic-ruby.com/11-regular-extremism.html#relative-back-references.

Description below is sourced from blog linked above:

Relative Back-References

Back-refs can be relatively referenced from the current position via \k<-n>:

"Ruby by"[/(R)(u)(by) \k<-1>/] #=> "Ruby by"

[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

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