== Why is this an issue?

Characters like ``++'é'++`` can be expressed either as a single code point or as a cluster of the letter ``++'e'++`` and a combining accent mark. Without the ``++CANON_EQ++`` flag, a regex will only match a string in which the characters are expressed in the same way.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
----
String s = "e\u0300";
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("é|ë|è"); // Noncompliant
System.out.println(p.matcher(s).replaceAll("e")); // print 'è'
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,java]
----
String s = "e\u0300";
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("é|ë|è", Pattern.CANON_EQ);
System.out.println(p.matcher(s).replaceAll("e")); // print 'e'
----

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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Use the CANON_EQ flag with this pattern


=== Highlighting

the string of the pattern


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