NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-214 days agoOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1333arrow-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-214 days agomessage-square83fedilinkfile-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-up8·14 days 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.