rspec/rules/S5850/rule-jvm.adoc

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=== Noncompliant code example

[source,text]
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^a|b|c$
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=== Compliant solution

[source,text]
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^(?:a|b|c)$
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or


[source,text]
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^a$|^b$|^c$
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or, if you do want the anchors to only apply to ``++a++`` and ``++c++`` respectively:


[source,text]
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(?:^a)|b|(?:c$)
----
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'''
== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Group parts of the regex together to make the intended operator precedence explicit.


=== Highlighting

The entire regex


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