heredoc

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noun

A here document.

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Meanings

nounheredoc (plural heredocs)

plural heredocs

  1. computingA here document.

    Interpolating with string concatenation in heredocs can look a little strange because the closing heredoc delimiter and the string concatenation operator have to be on separate lines […]

    2009, Adam Trachtenberg, David Sklar, PHP Cookbook, page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
here document

Origin

Shortening.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

heredoc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heredoc

MLA

“heredoc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heredoc. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heredoc,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heredoc.

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