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@NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml •
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7 months ago

Oh boy what a beautiful regex. I’m sure it does something logical and easy to understand.

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Oh boy what a beautiful regex. I’m sure it does something logical and easy to understand.

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@NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml •
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^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbk0TwkokM

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  • @PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    Empty input Or input of exactly 1 character Or input of at least 2 characters, followed by at least 1 something (idk what \1 matches)

    Did I get it (almost)?

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

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        Interesting.

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

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