Inspects lines that contain only a character, let's say c
, repeated n
times. The name of the matching groups will tell you if n
is 0
, the unit 1
, a prime number, or a composite number.
Removing the outermost anchors ^
and $
from the first (and very large) alternate group will do the same but, instead of inspecting per line, it will inspect any repetition of a character (line breaks, obviously, stop repetitions).
^(?: ...... )$|(?<Zero>^$)
to
(?: ...... )|(?<Zero>^$)