You could simply say this:
if ( ! m/ab/ ) {
#make the world go round
}
Or assuming you are looping thru a list you could say something like:
foreach my $item ( @list ) {
next if ( $item =~ m/ab/ );
#make the world go round
}
I personaly like the second one better because of the readability but that
might just be me.
Regards,
Rob
ps, Sorry DR. Ruud I hit the wrong button and replied only to you... oops
:-(
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Dr.Ruud
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
> zhihuali schreef:
>
> > I was wondering if there's a way to specify "not including this
> > phrase" in perl regexp.
> > Like such two strings:
> > axbcabcd
> > axbcacbd
> >
> > If I say "not including the letter a or the letter b" (=~/[^a^b]/)
> > then neither of them will be matched.
>
> The [^a^b] doesn't mean what you think it means. The "^" only has a
> special meaning at the start.
>
>
> > However now I want to say "not
> > including the phrase 'ab'", then the string 2 should be matched.
> > But I can't figure out how to specify the second condition by regexp.
> > Could anyone help me?
>
> There are many ways to do this, but let's play it simple:
>
> if ( m/ab/ ) {
> # do nothing
> }
> else {
> # do something
> }
>
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