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  1. print(string.match("2017-03-15 - 2017-03-15", '^(%d+%-%d+%-%d+) %- %1$') ~= nil)
  2. print(string.match("Some longer text: 2017-03-15 - 2017-03-15 and more here", '(%d+%-%d+%-%d+) %- %1') ~= nil)
  3. print(string.match("Some longer text: 2017-03-15 - 2017-03-15 and more here", '(%d+%-%d+%-%d+) %- %1') ~= nil)
  4. print(string.match("Some longer text: 2017-03-15 - 2017-03-15 and more here", '%f[%d](%d+%-%d+%-%d+) %- %1%f[%D]') ~= nil)
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 15008KB
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