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"""

Repeated Substring Pattern

Given a non-empty string, check if it can be constructed by taking a

substring of it and appending multiple copies of the substring together.

Reference: https://leetcode.com/problems/repeated-substring-pattern/

Complexity:

Time: O(n) for the string containment check

Space: O(n)

"""

from __future__ import annotations

def repeat_substring(text: str) -> bool:

"""Check if a string is composed of a repeated substring pattern.

Args:

text: The input string to check.

Returns:

True if the string is a repeated pattern, False otherwise.

Examples:

>>> repeat_substring("abab")

True

"""

doubled = (text + text)[1:-1]

return text in doubled

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