NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-222 days agoOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1176arrow-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-222 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$ <answer> Matches strings of any character repeated a non-prime number of times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbk0TwkokM
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoIs there a reason to use (..+?) instead of (.+) ?
Is there a reason to use
(..+?)instead of(.+)?