I'm afraid that your solution is incorrect; "/\b$toFind(?=[^\w\.]+|$)/i" means "match, case-insensitively, a word boundary (1) followed by the content of $toFind followed by (2) EITHER one or more characters which are not 'word-building' characters or literal periods OR the end of the line" - which does not match the specification that was asked for. That is, (1) was never specified (although it was implied) and (2) is simply wrong: you used a positive look-ahead assertion where you should have used a negative look-ahead. As a result, your regex will match, e.g., 'String-' or 'string*'.
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Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
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