NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agoOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldNateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-text
^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$ <answer> Matches strings of any character repeated a non-prime number of times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbk0TwkokM
minus-squarenaonintendois@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYou’re misreading the ..+? part. That means 2 or more characters, non greedy.
You’re misreading the
..+?part. That means 2 or more characters, non greedy.