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Regular Expression Details

Title Test Find Pattern Title
Expression
(\w+)\s+\1
Description
This expression uses a BackReference to find occurrences of the same word twice in a row (separated by a space). Matches things like 'mandate dated', which may not be desirable. See Sean Carley's update for a better expression for true repeated word matching.
Matches
hubba hubba | mandate dated | an annual
Non-Matches
may day | gogo | 1212
Author Rating: The rating for this expression. Steven Smith
Source http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnclinic/html/scripting051099.asp
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