Subj : Re: [regexp] Excluding specified string
To   : comp.programming
From : Piotr 'Qertoip' =?iso-8859-2?Q?W=B3odarek?=
Date : Sat Oct 08 2005 04:24 pm

Dnia Sat, 08 Oct 2005 12:06:59 GMT, John W. Krahn napisał(a):

> Piotr 'Qertoip' W³odarek wrote:
>> I want to match " SQL", but only if it is not preceeded by "Microsoft".
>> Example: 
>> "abcrofrtg SQL" is match.
>> "Microsoft SQL" is not a match.
>> 
>> Of course I know how to exclude a single character ([^a]) but how can I
>> exclude the whole string?
> 
> $ perl -e'
> for ( "abcrofrtg SQL", "Microsoft SQL" ) {
>     print /(?<!Microsoft) SQL/ ? "Matched" : "Did not match", ": $_\n";
>     }
> '
> Matched: abcrofrtg SQL
> Did not match: Microsoft SQL

Works perfect, thank you.


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