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Toxaris · 04-04-2012, 03:04 AM

I have a problem where hopefully a RegEx can help me. I want to find all words ending with f, with the exception of a few words. So, I want a hit on for example 'dwarf', but not on 'of' or 'behalf'.

The first part I can cover with \b\w+\b, but can I filter the results with an kind of exception list? I can't seem to find that.

*update* I seem to have found it, but I need to test further. This seems to do what I want:
\b(?!of|behalf)\w+f\b

04-04-2012, 03:04 AM	#29
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I have a problem where hopefully a RegEx can help me. I want to find all words ending with f, with the exception of a few words. So, I want a hit on for example 'dwarf', but not on 'of' or 'behalf'. The first part I can cover with \b\w+\b, but can I filter the results with an kind of exception list? I can't seem to find that. update I seem to have found it, but I need to test further. This seems to do what I want: \b(?!of\|behalf)\w+f\b Last edited by Toxaris; 04-04-2012 at 03:16 AM.