Bowie Bailey wrote:
NFN Smith wrote:
/\b(?!badword)(?:b.?a.?d.?w.?o.?r.?d.?)(\b|\!|\.|\,|\;|\:|\?)/i I'm getting hits on things like 'baddword' and 'badwoord', and even 'badworrd!', but I'm not getting a hit on 'badwordd' I've tried a number of variants, but still am not quite getting it. What am I missing?I think the negative lookahead is biting you. Try this: /\b(?!badword\b)(?:b.?a.?d.?w.?o.?r.?d.?)(\b|\!|\.|\,|\;|\:|\?)/i
That one seems to do the trick. Thanks for the help. Smith
