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Dwight H. Barbour (VIP)

Is there anything in RegExp that would work for the following?
=20
Want to let everything pass thru, EXCEPT the word JAVA (no need to be
careful regarding case sensitivity).=20
=20
The RegExp should *NOT match* the following: (it's important that ONLY
this one *NOT match*)
The language is: JAVA
=20
The RegExp should *match* the following:
The language is: C
The language is: VB.NET
The language is: Pascal
The language is: COBOL
=20
The RegExp should *match* potential new languages such as:
The language is: JAVA1
The language is: myJAVA
The language is:=20
The language is:=20
=20
I hope this makes sense. I'm not actually working on an asp.net
project, but am working on the Lyris listserve software for
aspfriends.com.
=20
Thanks.
Dwight.
=20

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Scott Mitchell (VIP)

Why in the world would you use a RegExp to do this? Just use InStr (or
the .NET equivlatnet, IndexOf) and search for JAVA. Wouldn't this be
much simpler than using a regexp?

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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:51 PM
| To: aspngregexp
| Subject: [aspngregexp] Any ideas on this RegExp?
|
|
| Is there anything in RegExp that would work for the following?
|
| Want to let everything pass thru, EXCEPT the word JAVA (no need to be
| careful regarding case sensitivity).
|
| The RegExp should *NOT match* the following: (it's important
| that ONLY
| this one *NOT match*)
| The language is: JAVA
|
| The RegExp should *match* the following:
| The language is: C
| The language is: VB.NET
| The language is: Pascal
| The language is: COBOL
|
| The RegExp should *match* potential new languages such as:
| The language is: JAVA1
| The language is: myJAVA
| The language is:
| The language is:
|
| I hope this makes sense. I'm not actually working on an asp.net
| project, but am working on the Lyris listserve software for
| aspfriends.com.
|
| Thanks.
| Dwight.
|
|
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Dwight H. Barbour (VIP)

Scott, I agree with you! =20

However, this isn't a program I'm writing, just need a little help with
writing a RegExp.

The interface accepts two types of input:

1. exact text match (=3D)
2. regular expression

Dwight.

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 1:53 AM
To: aspngregexp
Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?

Why in the world would you use a RegExp to do this? Just use InStr (or
the .NET equivlatnet, IndexOf) and search for JAVA. Wouldn't this be
much simpler than using a regexp?

Scott Mitchell
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:51 PM
| To: aspngregexp
| Subject: [aspngregexp] Any ideas on this RegExp?
|
|
| Is there anything in RegExp that would work for the following?
|
| Want to let everything pass thru, EXCEPT the word JAVA (no need to be
| careful regarding case sensitivity).
|
| The RegExp should *NOT match* the following: (it's important
| that ONLY
| this one *NOT match*)
| The language is: JAVA
|
| The RegExp should *match* the following:
| The language is: C
| The language is: VB.NET
| The language is: Pascal
| The language is: COBOL
|
| The RegExp should *match* potential new languages such as:
| The language is: JAVA1
| The language is: myJAVA
| The language is:
| The language is:
|
| I hope this makes sense. I'm not actually working on an asp.net
| project, but am working on the Lyris listserve software for
| aspfriends.com.
|
| Thanks.
| Dwight.
|
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Scott Mitchell (VIP)

I don't know of a way to say: "Don't match this pattern." I know how to
instruct a regexp not to match certain characters or character ranges -
[^a-z], for example, will match strings NOT containing characters a to
z.

You may be up sh!t creek here. Hrmmm... maybe not. I guess this might
work:

^[^j][^a][^v][^a]$

totally untested, but it just may work, although, to be honest, I
wouldn't be surprised if it didn't! :)

Scott Mitchell
Click here to reveal e-mail address
http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com/
http://www.ASPMessageboard.com/
http://www.ASPFAQs.com/

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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:00 PM
| To: aspngregexp
| Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?
|
|
|
| Scott, I agree with you!
|
| However, this isn't a program I'm writing, just need a little
| help with
| writing a RegExp.
|
| The interface accepts two types of input:
|
| 1. exact text match (=)
| 2. regular expression
|
| Dwight.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 1:53 AM
| To: aspngregexp
| Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?
|
|
| Why in the world would you use a RegExp to do this? Just use
| InStr (or
| the .NET equivlatnet, IndexOf) and search for JAVA. Wouldn't this be
| much simpler than using a regexp?
|
| Scott Mitchell
| Click here to reveal e-mail address
|
|
| ***********************************************************
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| | -----Original Message-----
| | From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| | Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:51 PM
| | To: aspngregexp
| | Subject: [aspngregexp] Any ideas on this RegExp?
| |
| |
| | Is there anything in RegExp that would work for the following?
| |
| | Want to let everything pass thru, EXCEPT the word JAVA (no
| need to be
| | careful regarding case sensitivity).
| |
| | The RegExp should *NOT match* the following: (it's important
| | that ONLY
| | this one *NOT match*)
| | The language is: JAVA
| |
| | The RegExp should *match* the following:
| | The language is: C
| | The language is: VB.NET
| | The language is: Pascal
| | The language is: COBOL
| |
| | The RegExp should *match* potential new languages such as:
| | The language is: JAVA1
| | The language is: myJAVA
| | The language is:
| | The language is:
| |
| | I hope this makes sense. I'm not actually working on an asp.net
| | project, but am working on the Lyris listserve software for
| | aspfriends.com.
| |
| | Thanks.
| | Dwight.
| |
| |
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Dwight H. Barbour (VIP)

That's what i've been working with [^j]. Had hopped for a better
solution. Maybe someone else on the list will have some ideas.

This thinking in reverse logic isn't the easiest.

No sh!t creek here.. there will be a solution!

Thanks.
Dwight.

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 2:58 AM
To: aspngregexp
Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?

I don't know of a way to say: "Don't match this pattern." I know how to
instruct a regexp not to match certain characters or character ranges -
[^a-z], for example, will match strings NOT containing characters a to
z.

You may be up sh!t creek here. Hrmmm... maybe not. I guess this might
work:

^[^j][^a][^v][^a]$

totally untested, but it just may work, although, to be honest, I
wouldn't be surprised if it didn't! :)

Scott Mitchell
Click here to reveal e-mail address
http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com/
http://www.ASPMessageboard.com/
http://www.ASPFAQs.com/

* When you think ASP, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:00 PM
| To: aspngregexp
| Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?
|
|
|
| Scott, I agree with you!
|
| However, this isn't a program I'm writing, just need a little
| help with
| writing a RegExp.
|
| The interface accepts two types of input:
|
| 1. exact text match (=3D)
| 2. regular expression
|
| Dwight.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 1:53 AM
| To: aspngregexp
| Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?
|
|
| Why in the world would you use a RegExp to do this? Just use
| InStr (or
| the .NET equivlatnet, IndexOf) and search for JAVA. Wouldn't this be
| much simpler than using a regexp?
|
| Scott Mitchell
| Click here to reveal e-mail address
|
|
| ***********************************************************
|
| Looking for an on-line forum application to use in your ASP.NET Web
| site? Your search is over! Download WebForums.NET today, the *first*
| ASP.NET on-line forum system:
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|
| | -----Original Message-----
| | From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| | Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:51 PM
| | To: aspngregexp
| | Subject: [aspngregexp] Any ideas on this RegExp?
| |
| |
| | Is there anything in RegExp that would work for the following?
| |
| | Want to let everything pass thru, EXCEPT the word JAVA (no
| need to be
| | careful regarding case sensitivity).
| |
| | The RegExp should *NOT match* the following: (it's important
| | that ONLY
| | this one *NOT match*)
| | The language is: JAVA
| |
| | The RegExp should *match* the following:
| | The language is: C
| | The language is: VB.NET
| | The language is: Pascal
| | The language is: COBOL
| |
| | The RegExp should *match* potential new languages such as:
| | The language is: JAVA1
| | The language is: myJAVA
| | The language is:
| | The language is:
| |
| | I hope this makes sense. I'm not actually working on an asp.net
| | project, but am working on the Lyris listserve software for
| | aspfriends.com.
| |
| | Thanks.
| | Dwight.
| |
| |
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Scott Mitchell (VIP)

The proposed regexp I provided didn't work?

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 12:07 AM
| To: aspngregexp
| Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?
|
|
|
| That's what i've been working with [^j]. Had hopped for a better
| solution. Maybe someone else on the list will have some ideas.
|
| This thinking in reverse logic isn't the easiest.
|
| No sh!t creek here.. there will be a solution!
|
| Thanks.
| Dwight.
|
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 2:58 AM
| To: aspngregexp
| Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?
|
|
| I don't know of a way to say: "Don't match this pattern." I
| know how to
| instruct a regexp not to match certain characters or
| character ranges -
| [^a-z], for example, will match strings NOT containing characters a to
| z.
|
| You may be up sh!t creek here. Hrmmm... maybe not. I guess
| this might
| work:
|
| ^[^j][^a][^v][^a]$
|
| totally untested, but it just may work, although, to be honest, I
| wouldn't be surprised if it didn't! :)
|
| Scott Mitchell
| Click here to reveal e-mail address
| http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com/
| http://www.ASPMessageboard.com/
| http://www.ASPFAQs.com/
|
| * When you think ASP, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!
|
|
| | -----Original Message-----
| | From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| | Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:00 PM
| | To: aspngregexp
| | Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?
| |
| |
| |
| | Scott, I agree with you!
| |
| | However, this isn't a program I'm writing, just need a little
| | help with
| | writing a RegExp.
| |
| | The interface accepts two types of input:
| |
| | 1. exact text match (=)
| | 2. regular expression
| |
| | Dwight.
| |
| | -----Original Message-----
| | From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| | Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 1:53 AM
| | To: aspngregexp
| | Subject: [aspngregexp] RE: Any ideas on this RegExp?
| |
| |
| | Why in the world would you use a RegExp to do this? Just use
| | InStr (or
| | the .NET equivlatnet, IndexOf) and search for JAVA.
| Wouldn't this be
| | much simpler than using a regexp?
| |
| | Scott Mitchell
| | Click here to reveal e-mail address
| |
| |
| | ***********************************************************
| |
| | Looking for an on-line forum application to use in your ASP.NET Web
| | site? Your search is over! Download WebForums.NET today,
| the *first*
| | ASP.NET on-line forum system:
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| |
| | ********************************************
| |
| | | -----Original Message-----
| | | From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| | | Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:51 PM
| | | To: aspngregexp
| | | Subject: [aspngregexp] Any ideas on this RegExp?
| | |
| | |
| | | Is there anything in RegExp that would work for the following?
| | |
| | | Want to let everything pass thru, EXCEPT the word JAVA (no
| | need to be
| | | careful regarding case sensitivity).
| | |
| | | The RegExp should *NOT match* the following: (it's important
| | | that ONLY
| | | this one *NOT match*)
| | | The language is: JAVA
| | |
| | | The RegExp should *match* the following:
| | | The language is: C
| | | The language is: VB.NET
| | | The language is: Pascal
| | | The language is: COBOL
| | |
| | | The RegExp should *match* potential new languages such as:
| | | The language is: JAVA1
| | | The language is: myJAVA
| | | The language is:
| | | The language is:
| | |
| | | I hope this makes sense. I'm not actually working on an asp.net
| | | project, but am working on the Lyris listserve software for
| | | aspfriends.com.
| | |
| | | Thanks.
| | | Dwight.
| | |
| | |
| | | | [aspngregexp] member Click here to reveal e-mail address = YOUR ID
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Ryan Trudelle-Schwarz (VIP)

Ok, so what's the prize for getting it? ;)

Check the following:
@"\A(?!java\z).*?"

Results:
Testing "java": False
Testing "CSharp": True
Testing "javascript": True
Testing "myJava": True
Testing "Pascal": True
Testing "VB.Net": True
Testing "C": True

:)

hth, Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]

The proposed regexp I provided didn't work?

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
|
| That's what i've been working with [^j]. Had hopped for a better
| solution. Maybe someone else on the list will have some ideas.
|
| This thinking in reverse logic isn't the easiest.
|
| No sh!t creek here.. there will be a solution!
|
| Thanks.
| Dwight.
|
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
|
| I don't know of a way to say: "Don't match this pattern." I
| know how to
| instruct a regexp not to match certain characters or
| character ranges -
| [^a-z], for example, will match strings NOT containing characters a to
| z.
|
| You may be up sh!t creek here. Hrmmm... maybe not. I guess
| this might
| work:
|
| ^[^j][^a][^v][^a]$
|
| totally untested, but it just may work, although, to be honest, I
| wouldn't be surprised if it didn't! :)
|
| Scott Mitchell
|
| | -----Original Message-----
| | From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| |
| | Scott, I agree with you!
| |
| | However, this isn't a program I'm writing, just need a little
| | help with
| | writing a RegExp.
| |
| | The interface accepts two types of input:
| |
| | 1. exact text match (=)
| | 2. regular expression
| |
| | Dwight.
| |
| | -----Original Message-----
| | From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| |
| | Why in the world would you use a RegExp to do this? Just use
| | InStr (or
| | the .NET equivlatnet, IndexOf) and search for JAVA.
| Wouldn't this be
| | much simpler than using a regexp?
| |
| | Scott Mitchell
| |
| | | -----Original Message-----
| | | From: Dwight H. Barbour [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
| | |
| | | Is there anything in RegExp that would work for the following?
| | |
| | | Want to let everything pass thru, EXCEPT the word JAVA (no
| | need to be
| | | careful regarding case sensitivity).
| | |
| | | The RegExp should *NOT match* the following: (it's important
| | | that ONLY
| | | this one *NOT match*)
| | | The language is: JAVA
| | |
| | | The RegExp should *match* the following:
| | | The language is: C
| | | The language is: VB.NET
| | | The language is: Pascal
| | | The language is: COBOL
| | |
| | | The RegExp should *match* potential new languages such as:
| | | The language is: JAVA1
| | | The language is: myJAVA
| | | The language is:
| | | The language is:
| | |
| | | I hope this makes sense. I'm not actually working on an asp.net
| | | project, but am working on the Lyris listserve software for
| | | aspfriends.com.
| | |
| | | Thanks.
| | | Dwight.

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