Is it possible to write a regular expression such that a "match" is
found provided the string does not match a group in the regex? Let me
give a concrete example.
Suppose I want to find a match to any filename that does not end in
..py, (ignoring the obvious use of the .endswith('.py' ) string method).
I tried the things that were obvious to me, none of which worked.
\.^(py)
\.(^py)
\.[^p][^y]
The last one deceived me at first because it will match "spam.spam" ,
but not "spam.parro t". I'm a bit stumped at this point. If this can be
done with a regular expression, I'd love to know how, and even if it
can't be, that would be very helpful to know, too.
Many thanks in advance,
Chris
found provided the string does not match a group in the regex? Let me
give a concrete example.
Suppose I want to find a match to any filename that does not end in
..py, (ignoring the obvious use of the .endswith('.py' ) string method).
I tried the things that were obvious to me, none of which worked.
\.^(py)
\.(^py)
\.[^p][^y]
The last one deceived me at first because it will match "spam.spam" ,
but not "spam.parro t". I'm a bit stumped at this point. If this can be
done with a regular expression, I'd love to know how, and even if it
can't be, that would be very helpful to know, too.
Many thanks in advance,
Chris
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