in reply to Re^2: Can I use backreferences as quantifiers in a regex?
in thread Can I use backreferences as quantifiers in a regex?

$1 could be used for the first $^N, and $2 the second, but $^N is more meaningful.

They're not that experimental, and they're require to do what you want to do in a match op.

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