@NateNate60 to Programmer [email protected] • edit-24 months agoOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.imagemessage-square83arrow-up1343arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1336arrow-down1imageOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.@NateNate60 to Programmer [email protected] • edit-24 months agomessage-square83file-text
^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$ <answer> Matches strings of any character repeated a non-prime number of times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbk0TwkokM
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoOnly the part after the pipe character. The pipe character works as an “or” operator. RegalPotoo is right.
minus-square@NateNate60OPlink3•4 months agoThey said— A line with exactly 0 or 1 characters, or a line with a sequence of 1 or 3 or more characters, repeated at least twice Note— …or a line with a sequence of 1 or 3 or more characters, repeated at least twice It should be— …or a line with a sequence of 2 or more characters, repeated at least twice The regex in the post will match “abab”. Their original description (line 2 of this comment) will not match “abab”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•4 months agoI agree, you’re right about the part after the pipe and RegalPotoo’s explanation was not entirely correct.
Only the part after the pipe character. The pipe character works as an “or” operator. RegalPotoo is right.
They said—
Note—
It should be—
The regex in the post will match “abab”. Their original description (line 2 of this comment) will not match “abab”.
I agree, you’re right about the part after the pipe and RegalPotoo’s explanation was not entirely correct.