re module - cannot make expression

[Steve Holden]

Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:

> Hi All!
> 
> I would like to match strings not beginning with '/webalizer'. How can I 
> do this?
> The only one negation command is ^ inside [] but it cannot be used here. 
> I looked
> over "re" examples on the net but I could not find an example about how 
> to match
> "not beginning with" type expressions.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   Laci 2.0
> 
You can do taht with Python re's. Look in the re documentation for 
"negative lookahead assertion".

regards
  Steve
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