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

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[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“abbabba”

“abbabba” doesn't match the original regex but “abbaabba” does

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Good catch! Typo. Fixed.