Question

What does public int end(int group) return?

(a) offset from last character of the subsequent group

(b) offset from first character of the subsequent group

(c) offset from last character matched

(d) offset from first character matched

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Answer 1

Correct option is (a) offset from last character of the subsequent group

To elaborate: public int end(int group) returns offset from the last character of the subsequent group.