Searching through code for a tag that is missing a variable

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I am sure that what I am trying to do is very simple but I am new to regex.

I am searching through millions of lines of code. What I need to find are <cffunction> tags that are missing the output= attribute. For instance this should match:

<cffunction name="qrySelectQuestions" access="public" returntype="query">

However, this should not:

<cffunction name="qrySelectQuestions" access="public" output="no" returntype="query">

Note, the output attribute could be anywhere within the tag definition.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '17 at 15:13

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Using this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/406408/4456875

<cffunction ((?!output).)*>

answered Jun 08 '17 at 15:13

Jonathan Twite

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Thank you, Jonathan! I knew it would be simple and this works perfectly! – Steven Pennington Jun 08 '17 at 15:26

Searching through code for a tag that is missing a variable

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