RegEx question?

[Thomas T. Veldhouse]

I am looking for a regular expression that will match a string that contains
the word "clamp" but will not match if the string also contains the word
"arch".

So,

No Match: "Arch Clamp" "ArchClamp" "archclamp" "yada archie clamp"

Match: "Clamp" "sring clamp" "deck clamp"

Is there an easy way to do this in a single expression?

Thanks in advance.

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[gpg]

Re: RegEx question?


Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

I am looking for a regular expression that will match a string that contains
the word "clamp" but will not match if the string also contains the word
"arch".
>
So,
>
No Match: "Arch Clamp" "ArchClamp" "archclamp" "yada archie clamp"
>
Match: "Clamp" "sring clamp" "deck clamp"
>
Is there an easy way to do this in a single expression?
>
Thanks in advance.
>
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Thomas T. Veldhouse
Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1

Maybe something like this

(?i)(?-imsnx)^((?!(.*a rch.*)).*(clamp ))$

There is a fantastic tool called Expresso that I use to develop and
analyse regular expressions - it is even free. Check out ultrapico.com

GPG

[Thomas T. Veldhouse]

Re: RegEx question?

gpg <gpggpg@hotmail .comwrote:

>
Maybe something like this
>
(?i)(?-imsnx)^((?!(.*a rch.*)).*(clamp ))$
>

Thanks! Very very close. I had to remove the trailing $ as "clamps" is also
a match.

There is a fantastic tool called Expresso that I use to develop and
analyse regular expressions - it is even free. Check out ultrapico.com
>

Tool looks great! I haven't given it a try as of yet, but I did open the
tutorial. I think there is a risk that my Regex skills might actually
decrease after this ;-)

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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[gpg]

Re: RegEx question?

No problem!

Expresso is extremely handy plus is will generate c# code for you based
on the regex that you develop. Just the ability to run test matches
and build expressions makes this app a must in my toolbox.

GPG

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

gpg <gpggpg@hotmail .comwrote:

Maybe something like this

(?i)(?-imsnx)^((?!(.*a rch.*)).*(clamp ))$

>
Thanks! Very very close. I had to remove the trailing $ as "clamps" is also
a match.
>

There is a fantastic tool called Expresso that I use to develop and
analyse regular expressions - it is even free. Check out ultrapico.com

>
Tool looks great! I haven't given it a try as of yet, but I did open the
tutorial. I think there is a risk that my Regex skills might actually
decrease after this ;-)
>
--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1