</span><span class="emphasis"><em><span class="identifier">unspecified</span></em></span> self<span class="special">;</span></pre></div>
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<p>Useful when constructing recursive regular expression objects. The 'self' identifier is a short-hand for the current regex object. For instance, sregex rx = '(' >> (self | nil) >> ')'; will create a regex object that matches balanced parens such as "((()))". </p>
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