From: "francisrammeloo@..." <francisrammeloo@...>
Date: 2006-03-10T19:58:42+09:00
Subject: Small regexp question

Hi all,

I am writing some refactoring code for a C++ project.

I need to change:

     class MyClass
     {
      ...
     }

to:

     class IMP_EXP MyClass
    {
     ...
    }

The pattern I used to find a class definition line is:

    line =~ /^\s*class\s+(\w+)/

But I want to exclude forward class declarations ( class MyClass; )

So I changed my pattern to:

    line =~ /^\s*class\s+(\w+)\s*[^;]/    --> don't match if line ends
with ";"

But it doesn't work... Why?

I ended up using:  if line !~ /;/ and line =~ /^\s*class\s+(\w+)/

Hints?

Any help will be appreciated,
Best regards,

Francis