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Begin or end anchor in unexpected position

Reports ^ or \A anchors not at the beginning of the pattern and $, \Z or \z anchors not at the end of the pattern. In the wrong position these RegExp anchors prevent the pattern from matching anything. In case of the ^ and $ anchors, most likely the literal character was meant and the escape forgotten.

Example:

(Price $10)

New in 2018.1

Inspection Details

Available in:

AppCode 2023.3, CLion 2023.3, DataGrip 2023.3, DataSpell 2023.3, GoLand 2023.3, IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, JetBrains Rider 2023.1, PhpStorm 2023.3, PyCharm 2023.3, Qodana for .NET 2023.1, Qodana for JS 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3, Qodana for PHP 2023.3, Qodana for Ruby 2023.3, RubyMine 2023.3, WebStorm 2023.3

Plugin:

IDEA CORE, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023