I'm trying to get write a reg exp that finds a match for each word in a sentence, excluding the ones I specify. e.g. My input string is "hello my name is owen" I want to exclude the word 'name'
So the resulting matches would be: hello my is owen
I can't belive there is no way to do this! Please help, Owen.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005 01:49:20 GMT
S C Rigl #2 / 3
Reg Exp - Negating a Word seems IMPOSSIBLE!
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> I'm trying to get write a reg exp that finds a match for each word in > a sentence, excluding the ones I specify. > e.g. > My input string is "hello my name is owen" > I want to exclude the word 'name'
> So the resulting matches would be: > hello > my > is > owen
> I can't belive there is no way to do this! > Please help, > Owen.
I'm sure there are probably easier ways than this:
foreach(split(/\s+/, "hello my name is owen")) { (! /^name$/) && print "$_\n";
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}
-S
Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:18:44 GMT
nob.. #3 / 3
Reg Exp - Negating a Word seems IMPOSSIBLE!
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> I'm trying to get write a reg exp that finds a match for each word in > a sentence, excluding the ones I specify. > e.g. > My input string is "hello my name is owen" > I want to exclude the word 'name'
> So the resulting matches would be: > hello > my > is > owen
/\b(?!name\b)(\w+)/g
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> I can't belive there is no way to do this!
The fact that it is possible does not mean this is the right way to do it.
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Reg Exp - Negating a Word seems IMPOSSIBLE!