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=== Noncompliant code example

[source,text]
----
^a|b|c$
----


=== Compliant solution

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

or


[source,text]
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^a$|^b$|^c$
----

or, if you do want the anchors to only apply to ``++a++`` and ``++c++`` respectively:


[source,text]
----
(?:^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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