Python: Search a string for a variable repeating characters

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00:00 Question
01:09 Accepted answer (Score 4)
01:50 Thank you

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3958...

Accepted answer links:
[capturing]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/brac...
[backreferences]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/back...
[regex demo]: https://regex101.com/r/aP1gJ2/1
[Python demo]: http://ideone.com/Px7fvH

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