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Overlaps

Overlaps
is an option to StringCases, StringCount and StringPosition that specifies how to treat overlapping substrings.
Falseallow no overlaps
Allallow all overlaps
Trueallow overlaps starting at different positions
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Basic Examples   (1)
Allow no overlaps:
Allow all overlaps:
Allow overlaps starting at different positions:
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Scope   (2)
Overlaps is set to False by default in StringCases and StringCount:
The result from StringPosition contains positions of overlapping substrings:
Use Overlaps->False to obtain positions of nonoverlapping strings:
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