in src/scala/generator/src/main/scala/EmojiInfoGeneratedView.scala [158:178]
private def internalRegexFromCodepointSequences(codePointSequences: Seq[Seq[Int]]) = {
val groupedItems = groupLastItemsByPrefix(codePointSequences)
val sortedGroupedItems = groupedItems.toSeq.sortBy {
case (prefix, _) =>
// Sort by longest prefix first, them alpha of the unicode string.
(-prefix.length, CodePoints(prefix).str)
}
val regexParts = sortedGroupedItems map {
case (prefix, lastItems) =>
val joinedItems = prefix.map {
unicodePattern(_)
} :+ spanString(findContiguousSpans(lastItems))
joinedItems.mkString
}
// Return something that is a single char or [] class,
// or a non-capturing group of chars and [] classes "|"ed together.
if (regexParts.isEmpty) throw new Exception("Regex cannot be empty")
else if (regexParts.length == 1 && sortedGroupedItems.head._1.isEmpty) regexParts.head
else regexParts.mkString("(?:", "|", ")")
}