import strutils proc isRepeated(text: string): int = for x in countdown(text.len div 2, 0): if text.startsWith(text[x..text.high]): return x const matchstr = """1001110011 1110111011 0010010010 1010101010 1111111111 0100101101 0100100 101 11 00 1""" for line in matchstr.split(): let ln = isRepeated(line) echo "'", line, "' has a repetition length of ", ln, " i.e ", (if ln > 0: "'" & line[0 ..< ln] & "'" else: "*not* a rep-string")