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

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

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Ah, didn't know +? was lazy, thanks

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

I thought, the +? was going to be a syntax error. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I was like, why specify "one or more" and then make it optional? Isn't that just .*?

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