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</div>My apologies. I misread N[.N]+ as the '+' meaning "one or more" (as in<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>maybe N[(.N)+] would be clearer.</div><div><br></div><div>all of (.N)+ is optional</div>
<div>but when it's present it can be .N or .N.N or .N.N.N etc...</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>