ruby - Regex that matches a pattern but does not match ":" -
i have regex looks types of hostnames like: .*-.*(nmtg)*|.*(\.nms)
. how modify not match: 11.22:33:44:55-66
?
should match:
cs25-admin.nmtg.company.com cs25-admin
but should not match:
11.22:33:44:55-66
two basic ways:
you can replace "match anything"
.
"match except colon"[^:]
everywhereyou can prepend expression "no colons here end of string"
(?!.*:)
edit signus said, regexp non-specific , open-ended; match more think. example, "----thricenmtgnmtgnmtg"
full match, , "(-_-)"
. better policy , easier specify want, rather go listing exceptions. regexps suggested signus example.
they still match within strings: "dont match this: example.com"
still match "example.com"
part. if want, cool. if not, want anchor start , end of string, surrounding regexp /^.....$/
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