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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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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[-] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

\1 is group 1 which is inside (), so second part is repeated 2 or more times of 2 or more char.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting.

So that means match any string that is made entirely of a single repeating sequence, where repititon is possible.

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