> > I'd like to match any line that does not start with FOO. (Using just a
> > reg-ex
> rule)
> >
> > 1) What is the effective difference between:
> >
> > (?!^FOO).*
> >
> > ^(?!FOO).*
> >
> > 2) Is there a better way to do this?
> >
>
> myline = 'FOO things in line'
>
> >>> myline.startswith('FOO')
> True
Right. However, I am trying to just do this in a general "does this match"
regex environment.
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