capture anything but string

Asked Jul 18 '17 at 09:30

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Let's say I have the following 7 strings

Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

I want to write a regex to capture only the last 5 strings by using negation, negating "Geese" and "Swans". Is there a straightforward way to do it? My best solution is https://regex101.com/r/QprpQZ/1.

The equivalent solution I would like to get is:

.*(Golden|Birds|Hens|Doves|Partridge in a Pear Tree).*

asked Jul 18 '17 at 09:30

bryan.blackbee

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this one https://regex101.com/r/QprpQZ/2 ? – Avinash Raj Jul 18 '17 at 09:33
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Rephrasing: you want to capture any line that does *not* contain certain words (certain substrings)? – deceze Jul 18 '17 at 09:35
yeah does not contain certain substrings, and that means using `\b` word boundaries are also useful – bryan.blackbee Jul 18 '17 at 09:39

capture anything but string

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