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Re: Problem with negative lookahead at end of string

by tye (Sage)
on Jun 21, 2004 at 11:12 UTC ( [id://368469]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to Problem with negative lookahead at end of string

/^chars(?!.*that).*this.*(?<!whatever)$/

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If "whatever" is actually a pattern that can match more than a single length of string, then instead use: 

/^chars(?!.*that).*this(?!.*whatever$)/

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And note that the (?!.*that) part doesn't need to be repeated.

- tye        

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