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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by NateNate60@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$

Matches strings of any character repeated a non-prime number of times

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[-] Morphit@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

“abbabba”

“abbabba” doesn't match the original regex but “abbaabba” does

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good catch! Typo. Fixed.

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