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SamCG
Sounds like you want a negative look-ahead? Aren't those expressed something like <c>$test=~/<a.+?(?!target).+?>/;</c>?
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Sort of guessing at the form, but I think that's what you're after...
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update: this has a problem because of the <c>.+</c>. </b>
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<sub>
s''limp';@p=split '!','n!h!p!';s,m,s,;$s=y;$c=slice @p[1];so brutally;d;$n=reverse;$c=$s**$#p;print(''.$c^chop($n))while($c/=$#p)>=1;
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