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regular expression to find the longest recurring character sequence in a line

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How do I write a regular expression to find the longest recurring character sequence in a line?

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Aadith Ramia Avatar asked Dec 02 '10 13:12

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You can find all relevant character sequences with the regular expression /(.)\1*/.

Finding the longest such sequence is best done using a tool other than regular expressions.

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Mark Byers Avatar answered Nov 15 '22 09:11

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