# Possessive RegExp matching

**URL:** <https://es.discourse.group/t/possessive-regexp-matching/203>\
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**Created:** [January 23, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/possessive-regexp-matching/203 "2020-01-23T14:21:00Z")\
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> [@ljharb](#):
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> You can use named backreferences

Yup.

> [@ljharb](#):
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> i suspect (without verifying right now) that you can have up to 99 backreferences, just like in replacement?

Yup.

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