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

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

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

The pipe is throwing me off because usually I have to do parentheses for that to work...

[–] ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

It matches for non-primes and doesn't match for primes.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm I the only one who pronounces regex with a soft g? Hard g feels so clunky

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

All my homies hate regexs. That's actually the best use case I found for LLMs so far : I just tell it what I want it to match or not match, and it usually spits out a decent one

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

That sounds…

Easier to get almost right than actually learning the subject.

Much, much harder to get completely right than actually learning the subject.

So yes, basically the archetypal use case for LLMs.

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