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== Noncompliant Code Example

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r"(?:number)\d{2}"
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== Compliant Solution

[source,python]
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r"number\d{2}"
r"(?:number)?\d{2}"
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== Exceptions

This rule does not report an issue if the non-capturing group is an alternation.

[source,python]
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r"(?:number|string)"
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