From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2005-01-28T01:47:56+09:00
Subject: Re: regex questions

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:10:59 +0900, Andrew Johnson <ajohnson@cpan.org> wrote:
> A fairly standard way is to use negative look-ahead and inch
> ahead one character at a time like:
> 
>   re = %r{a((?:(?!foo).)*?)b}

Thank you, oh thank you! I don't know how many times I've been told
that something like this was possible, but neither I nor the "guru"
who told me could make it work. You have my eternal gratitude!

Jacob Fugal