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Code Inspection: Regular expression can be simplified

Reports regular expressions that can be simplified.

Example:

[a] xx* [ah-hz]

After the quick-fix is applied:

a x+ [ahz]

New in 2022.1

Suppress an inspection in the editor

  1. Place the caret at the highlighted line and press Alt+Enter or click the Intention action icon.

  2. Click the arrow next to the inspection you want to suppress and select the necessary suppress action.

Last modified: 11 February 2024