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Alternation Example

cat|dog|mouse|fish

Match either the regular expression below (attempting the next alternative only if this one fails)
- Match the characters "cat" literally
Or match regular expression number 2 below (attempting the next alternative only if this one fails)
- Match the characters "dog" literally
Or match regular expression number 3 below (attempting the next alternative only if this one fails)
- Match the characters "mouse" literally
Or match regular expression number 4 below (the entire match attempt fails if this one fails to match)
- Match the characters "fish" literally

Regular expression analyzed with RegexBuddy.
HTML output from RegexBuddy adapted with a PowerGREP search-and-replace sequence.

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