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

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting.

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