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KataKoniK
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Does anyone know if this regular expression can be simplified?
(a*bc*bc*|c*)*b
I tried (a|b|c)*b, but it's not correct.
(a*bc*bc*|c*)*b
I tried (a|b|c)*b, but it's not correct.
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