Regular expression ?

[Josip Maslaæ]

Hello.

I'm stuck! :)

I need a regular expr. that would match any expresion that doesn't start
with some words (not letters - words!)

For example - reg. expr. that matches any expression that doesn't start with
words 'one' and 'two' ??

thanks !!

[Shawn Wilson]

"Josip Maslaæ" wrote:

I need a regular expr. that would match any expresion that doesn't start
with some words (not letters - words!)

For example - reg. expr. that matches any expression that doesn't start with
words 'one' and 'two' ??

if (!preg_match("/^(one|two)/", $foo)) {
//do stuff
}

Shawn
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[Paul 'piz' Wellner Bou]

Shawn Wilson wrote:

if (!preg_match("/^(one|two)/", $foo)) {
//do stuff
}

I would do it like this, then you can put the words in an array.
(extending Shawn's version a little bit)

$wordlist = array("one","two","three");
if(preg_match("/^(".join("|",$wordlist).")/i", $foo)
{
// matched
}

greetz
Paul.

[Josip Maslac]

"Shawn Wilson" <sh***@glassgiant.com> wrote in message
news:40***************@glassgiant.com...

"Josip Maslaæ" wrote:

I need a regular expr. that would match any expresion that doesn't start
with some words (not letters - words!)

For example - reg. expr. that matches any expression that doesn't start with words 'one' and 'two' ??

if (!preg_match("/^(one|two)/", $foo)) {
//do stuff
}

Many thanks, but that is not really what I'm looking for.

Like I said, I need just a reg. expression(!) that does what I need - not a
work a round like this (solving it with !preg_match()).
My question was just a part of the problem I need to solve, so this solution
doesn't work for me.
What I need is something like negating the class but on strings:
for example:
'/^[^ot]/' - matches all expressions that doesn't start with o or t,
I need something like that but one whole string, not just letters.
thanks

[Eric Bohlman]

"Josip Maslac" <jo**********@fer.hr> wrote in
news:c0**********@sunce.iskon.hr:

Like I said, I need just a reg. expression(!) that does what I need -
not a work a round like this (solving it with !preg_match()).
My question was just a part of the problem I need to solve, so this
solution doesn't work for me.
What I need is something like negating the class but on strings:
for example:
'/^[^ot]/' - matches all expressions that doesn't start with o
or t,
I need something like that but one whole string, not just letters.

You could use a negative lookahead:

/^(?!(one|two)\b)/

[Josip Maslaæ]

> You could use a negative lookahead:

/^(?!(one|two)\b)/

That's what I'm looking for !

Thanks !