'-xyz' literal does not match the '-end' literal... if you want to match any three-character ending you'll need something like '-...' in the regexp
Also, I can't recall of the dash needs to be escaped outside a square-bracket operator pair, but it might be interpreted as a range operator here. On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Thomas Wiedmann <th...@gmx.de> wrote: >> It sounds like you want to use a zero-width negative lookahead assertion. >> For example: >> test(?!-end) >> >> You should probably use java.util.regex. > > I tried the Java statements > > String text = "mytest-xyz"; > String pattern = ".*test(?!-end)"; > System.out.println(text.matches(pattern) ? "Ok" : "NOk"); > > Unfortunately in this case "NOk" was returned. I thought the Java RegExp > would support negative lookaheads; according to the javadoc it must had done > it. > What's the reason? > How must the RegExp statement be written, that texts like "mytext-end" are > not matched, because they a excluded, but a text like "mytest-xyz" is > accepted, because it doesn't end with "-end"? > > Thomas Wiedmann > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: regexp-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: regexp-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org > > -- Jon Gorrono PGP Key: 0x5434509D - http{pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x5434509D&op=index} GSWoT Introducer - {GSWoT:US75 5434509D Jon P. Gorrono <jpgorrono - gswot.org>} http{sysdev.ucdavis.edu} --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: regexp-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: regexp-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org