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Re: how to use "NOT" in regex

by mellon85 (Monk)
on Mar 23, 2011 at 23:34 UTC ( [id://895151]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to how to use "NOT" in regex

can't you match the strings that start with those two words and then negate the condition? makes more sense to me as a regexp

if (!/^($word1|$word2)/) {
    # code
}

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