On 21/01/02 Alec did speaketh:
> Hi
>
> How can I match the same character repeated n times?
> ".{n}" matches any n characters.
How about this:
/(.)\1{n-1}/
I'm assuming perl syntax, so adjust accordingly.
Mike
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