regexp: match anything but "/"

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Re: regexp: match anything but "/" by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Jun 29, 2005 at 08:43 UTC
A negated character class will do it, `if ( m![^/]! ) { # . . . }` [download] I used a different match delimiter so I didn't have to escape "/". After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]
Re: regexp: match anything but "/" by blazar (Canon) on Jun 29, 2005 at 09:18 UTC
As a side note, it may well be that you really need to "match anything but the char `"/"`" but I can feel a slight XY smell here: what are you really after? Maybe there's a better logic...	[reply] [d/l]
Re: regexp: match anything but "/" by fmerges (Chaplain) on Jun 29, 2005 at 08:54 UTC
Hi, Along with the first answer, take a look at regexp Salve, :-)	[reply]
Re: regexp: match anything but "/" by l.frankline (Hermit) on Jun 29, 2005 at 14:12 UTC
`the following statement can help u....` `if (m#[^\/]#)` `{` `# do something..` `}` `* Frank *`	[reply] [d/l] [select]