NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-216 days agoOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1332arrow-down1imageOh 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-216 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-squareProfessorScience@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 days agoYeah backreferences in general are not “regular” in the mathematical sense.
Yeah backreferences in general are not “regular” in the mathematical sense.