# Repetitions in target

**URL:** <https://forum.xbench.net/t/repetitions-in-target/1028>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/repetitions-in-target/1028 "2023-06-16T18:27:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thiago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Thiago](https://forum.xbench.net/u/Thiago)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/repetitions-in-target/1028/1 "2023-06-16T18:27:48Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to create a regular expression to detect repeated words in target with at least 5 characters. I tried ([:alphanum:]{5,})=1 @1 with PowerSearch on (otherwise I would get only consecutive repetitions), but it doesn’t work (“Target term error: Incomplete expression”). How should I do it?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![omartin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.xbench.net/omartin/32/82_2.png) [@omartin](https://forum.xbench.net/u/omartin)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/repetitions-in-target/1028/2 "2023-06-19T07:19:38Z")

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> [@Thiago](#):
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> ([:alphanum:]{5,})=1 @1

When using regular expressions with variables and powersearch, it is necessary to put them between quotation marks as in `"([:alphanum:]{5,})=1 @1"` to avoid this error.