== Why is this an issue?

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=== Noncompliant code example

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r"^a|b|c$"
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=== Compliant solution

[source,python]
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r"^(?:a|b|c)$"
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or


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


[source,python]
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r"(?:^a)|b|(?:c$)"
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