From: Andrew Stewart <boss@...>
Date: 2008-01-31T00:49:15+09:00
Subject: Re: regular expression negate a word (not character)


On 29 Jan 2008, at 23:35, Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> Since Ruby does not have a negative look *behind* operator, I just  
> used
> the negative look *ahead* in a backwards way, et viola!
>
>>> puts a.reverse.gsub(/erit(?!.*wons)/, '>>>\&<<<').reverse

Aha!  I like your style.

James Edward Gray's when-all-else-fails-reverse-the-data triumphs again.

Regards,
Andy Stewart

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