also sprach Mark Ferlatte <ferlatte@cryptio.net> [2002.01.22.1914 +0100]:
> > How can I match the same character repeated n times?
> > ".{n}" matches any n characters.
>
> "a{3}" will match aaa, aaaa, and aaaaa.
but only aaa, aaaa and so on. not *any* letter repeated n times. i had a
hard time interpreting the question too, but i think that
(.)\1{n-1}
as someone else proposed is the way to go.
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