Difference Between The 2 Statements

[RN1]

Consider the following RegularExpression:

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q[^u]
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One of the RegEx tutorials I have come across says the following
w.r.t. the above RegEx:

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The above RegEx does not mean a 'q' not followed by a 'u'; rather it
means a 'q' followed by a character that is not a 'u'.
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Now what's the difference between the 2 statements that I have cited
above?

Thanks,

Ron

[Jesse Houwing]

Hello RN1,

condider this input:

q

this could be read as a q not followed by a u.

condider

qd

this could be read as a q not followed by a u.

in regex this would be written as:

q(?!u)

The other regex however will never match the first option, because q[^u]
alsways needs to match at least 2 characters, a q and a different character
than u.

--
Jesse Houwing
jesse.houwing at sogeti.nl

[Peter Morris]

q followed by anything as long as it is not q == match
q followed by q == no match

[Juan T. Llibre]

Also, q followed by nothing = no match

Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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