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

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

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[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

"at least 2 characters repeated [at least] twice" implies the string's length is divisible by a number greater than 1.

[-] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes but the match goes for the first repetition the rest of the string isn't matched no matter the length, again don't find anything about prime numbers unless I checked something wrong. There is another guy who got it right it seems.

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