^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$

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Matches strings of any character repeated a non-prime number of times

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\1 is group 1 which is inside (), so second part is repeated 2 or more times of 2 or more char.

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Interesting.

So that means match any string that is made entirely of a single repeating sequence, where repititon is possible.

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