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How can I catch all possibilities of multiple words like "blue", "old" and "car" with one regex pattern?
blueoldcar
oldcarblue
carblueold
bluecarold
...
How can I catch all possibilities of multiple words like "blue", "old" and "car" with one regex pattern?
blueoldcar
oldcarblue
carblueold
bluecarold
...
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This will catch the permutations, but with false positives.
("blue"|"old"|"car"){3}
To exclude false positives like "blueblueblue" with a single regular expression, you would have to explicitly include each permutation.