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I have a question about Matcher. If there are two capturing group that can be satisfied, which one will it choose? Let's say the pattern is (A|AB|B), if matcher is input with "AB", will it satisfy the A group then the B group or the AB group?

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  • Did you try this example?. It should be simple enough to test. Commented Feb 5, 2015 at 13:23
  • It matches the first, not the longest. See: stackoverflow.com/questions/4515309/… Commented Feb 5, 2015 at 13:24
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