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$x = "abcdefgxxabcdefgzzabcdsjfhkdfab"; $len=int(length($x)/2);
while($x !~ /(\w{2,})(.*?\1){$len}/)
  { $len-- };
$x =~ /(\w{2,})(.*?\1){$len}/; # 'strange line'
print $1

$ perl -le '$x = "abcdefgxxabcdefgzzabcdsjfhkdfab"; $len=int(length($x
+)/2); $restring = join"|", map {"(?:.*?\\1){$_}"} reverse(1..$len); p
+rint $restring; print $1 if $x =~ /(\w{2,})($restring)/;'

(?:.*?\1){15}|(?:.*?\1){14}|(?:.*?\1){13}|(?:.*?\1){12}|(?:.*?\1){11}|
+(?:.*?\1){10}|(?:.*?\1){9}|(?:.*?\1){8}|(?:.*?\1){7}|(?:.*?\1){6}|(?:
+.*?\1){5}|(?:.*?\1){4}|(?:.*?\1){3}|(?:.*?\1){2}|(?:.*?\1){1}
abcdefg