regexp

[Tom Legrady]

You're looking at the wrong reference; try perldoc perlre

Tom

Peter L. Peres wrote:

>Hi all, I am trying to write a regexp that matches something like:
>
>abc=def and anything else instead of def, but not:
>
>abc=fgh
>
>so I try to use negation on a block (conceptually below, it is not a
>correct re):
>
>/abc=!(fgh)
>
>and it does not seem to be possible. I read the regex[p]+ manual and I
>cannot find a reference to block negation. Is this not a part of normal
>regexps ? (as implemented by Hentry Spencer f.ex.) ?
>
>References seen so far:
>
>man 3 regex
>man 7 regex
>man ed
>man n regexp
>man n re_syntax
>Mastering Regular Expressions (O'Reilly 1998 ed.)
>[g]+awk book online
>
>The closest I've come to is a negative lookahead which is not available in
>regular regexps. Am I correct to say that a negative lookahead is the only
>way to produce the effect I need ?
>
>tia,
>Peter
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