not mutually exclusive about dxcc-json HOT 2 OPEN

Hi folks, found a workaround for this issue. Is not a perfet solution, even though it should work for almost every search without needing to re-write every single regex pattern.

In summary, after pattern matching succeedes I'm also checking if the given callsign begins with one of the prefixes.
Hope you guys could find it useful.
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Hi Mikel: yes, this is a weakness of the current dataset. As a heuristic, I can attempt to order them by descending length of the regular expression, which should be good enough for most cases. As a workaround, that should also be simple to accomplish in programs consuming the data.

If you (or anyone else) is interested in trying to tighten up the regular expressions so that general matches (e.g. Italy) do not overlap with more specific ones (e.g. Sardinia) I'm happy to accept a pull request.

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