in reply to Re^6: Finding repeat sequences. (only mostly regex)
in thread Finding repeat sequences.

Right. In fredfr, the ed will be matched by the .* between the repetitions. It corresponds to the missing part of the last repetition. Or am I missing something?
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Re^8: Finding repeat sequences. (Sorry!)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 18, 2013 at 20:56 UTC

    I am so sorry. You've done the same flip that tye did, capturing the partial rep rather than the complete rep. Threw me completely.

    With a couple of enhancements that works for the 1 rep/1 partial case:

    $s = 'aaaabaaaabaaaaabaaaab';;

$s =~ /^((.*).*)\2$/ and print "$1/$2";;
aaaabaaaaba/aaaabaaaab

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    And still works for that when enhanced to allow for more than 1 complete rep:

    $s =~ /^((.*).*)\1*\2$/ and print "$1/$2";;
aaaabaaaaba/aaaabaaaab

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    But then fails when given more than one complete rep:

    $s = 'aaaabaaaabaaaaabaaaabaaaaabaaaab';;

$s =~ /^((.*).*)\1*\2$/ and print "$1/$2";;
aaaabaaaabaaaaabaaaaba/aaaabaaaab

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