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Difference Between The 2 Statements

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RN1 - 13 Apr 2008 12:39 GMT
Consider the following RegularExpression:

====================
q[^u]
====================

One of the RegEx tutorials I have come across says the following
w.r.t. the above RegEx:

====================
The above RegEx does not mean a 'q' not followed by a 'u'; rather it
means a 'q' followed by a character that is not a 'u'.
====================

Now what's the difference between the 2 statements that I have cited
above?

Thanks,

Ron
Jesse Houwing - 13 Apr 2008 13:49 GMT
Hello RN1,

> Consider the following RegularExpression:
>
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> Thanks,

condider this input:

q

this could be read as a q not followed by a u.

condider

qd

this could be read as a q not followed by a u.

in regex this would be written as:

q(?!u)

The other regex however will never match the first option, because q[^u]
alsways needs to match at least 2 characters, a q and a different character
than u.

--
Jesse Houwing
jesse.houwing at sogeti.nl
Peter Morris - 13 Apr 2008 18:17 GMT
q followed by anything as long as it is not q == match
q followed by q == no match
Juan T. Llibre - 14 Apr 2008 12:33 GMT
Also, q followed by nothing = no match

Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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>q followed by anything as long as it is not q == match
> q followed by q == no match

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