From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2002-03-26T07:39:56+09:00
Subject: Re: RegExp Not

"Ralph Mason" <ralph.mason@telogis.com> wrote in message
news:026c01c1d447$edd52560$0101a8c0@p3...
> Excuse the probably simple question.
>
> Is there any way to say not using regular expressions?
>
> Example
>
> x = some string with punctuation
> x.gsub!( /(NOT)[\w \, \]/,''_
>
> would remove anything that wasn't a word character a space or a comma.

Have you tried:

not str =~ /regexp/

    Sean