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Backreference

Is there a way to use Backreference (e.g. (.)\1 )? Uziel302 (talk) 20:21, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Uziel302: No, that's not supported; \1 just matches a literal "1". For example, try this search. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:09, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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