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Subject: Re: regexp [. .]
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in message <op.tma17juchbloih@xml.opera.com>,
wrote applecom@inbox.ru thusly...
>
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:15:34 +0500, Parker Anderson
> <baka.rob@gmail.com>  wrote:
> 
> >Is there a certain match you are trying to pattern?  From the
> >looks of it, [ch]* would match a similar set of characters, but
> >it isn't as strict about which pattern they should be in.
> 
> I need 'some[^[.pattern.]]' working, i.e. matching 'some' if it
> isn't  followed by 'pattern'. Curiously that seems there isn't
> additional  information about it somewhere except the page you've
> denoted.

I missed the beginning of the thread, but in case you are|can use
perl, following use of zero-width negative look-ahead assertion will
match 'some' that is not followed by 'pattern' ...

  'm/some(?!pattern)/'


See perlre(1), "(?!pattern)" section (& around it) for details.


  - Parv

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