sir_thursday
Reputation: 5419
Regex match String with only one type of character
Trying to find a regex that matches to a String with only one type of character:
Example: "aaaaaa" or "a"
What expression would do this?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 1032
Answers (1)
falsetru
Reputation: 369444
Using capturing group and backreference:
/^(.)\1*$/
According to the regular expression engine you're using you may need to replace \1 with $.
Upvotes: 2
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