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Negate regex subexpression

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If I have a pattern such as (word1|word2|word3) how do I specify in a regex anything not matching these subexpression? I.e. how do I negate this?

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asked Jul 15 '26 05:07

Jim

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Try adding (?!pattern). This should negate the whole pattern.

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answered Jul 21 '26 02:07

David Garaña

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