Questions tagged [negate]
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Suggestions on negating a regex expression/Lookaround search
Very new to regex and was hoping someone could help me with the syntax of negating a regex search. Let me elaborate. I want to look at a packet/information and trigger a positive alert if one (or more) of multiple criteria is not found.
For…

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Google sheets - Query + Importrange WHERE Clause doesn't accept AND for a second condition
I'm trying to pull a column of data from a file if two conditions are met.
If I write the formula with one condition works perfectly
=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE("url", "PIP!A2:S"), "SELECT Col2 WHERE Col3 = 'Schedule Change'")
But if I add a second condition…

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Negate the output of the regex pattern
I want to negate the outcome of the regex pattern, so that it should return everything except the regex outcome.
Sample String:
SMTP:test.abc@xyz.com;smtp:test.123@xyz.biz;sip:test.123@xyz.biz
I have written a below regex which gives output as-…

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Negating a perl regexp
my ($INV_NB, $USAGE)=split /\|/,"9998|999999999999999";
if ($USAGE=~/^\d{15}\b/)
{
print "\nUSAGE is Valid\n";
print "length of $USAGE is ",length($USAGE);
}
This worked as expected, but how can I negate this regexp? say if usage is not…

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Rspec: expect(request).to not_redirect? (opposite of redirect_to)
I've got a request test in rspec that tests for several potential redirects from an endpoint, such as:
get registrations_path
expect(response).to redirect_to(new_registration_path)
In one case, I expect it to not redirect. Is there a way to negate…

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skip click function based on dynamically assigned class value
I have a table that reveals further details of a record when its is clicked. The details reside in a child div with the class 'description'. I've got the exposure toggling just fine, but I would like to avoid having the click function called on…

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How to do negate or subtract a regex from another regex result in just one line of regex
I am trying to do a regex string to find all cases of force unwrapping in swift. This will search all words with exclamation points in the entire code base. However, the regex that I already have has included implicit declaration of variable which I…

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What is the use of unsigned char in bitwise negation operation?
unsigned char a = 10,b;
b = ~a;
printf(" %d \n ",b);
output:
245
same program if I use int instead of unsigned char the o/p changes to
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Kiran HS
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Negate user space URL in Apache
I have a situation where I am trying to use Apache's RedirectMatch directive to redirect all users to a HTTPS URL except a single (Linux) user accessing there own webspace. I have found a piece of regular expression code that negates the username:
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Awk multiple search terms with a variable and negation
I have a little test file containing:
awk this
and not awk this
but awk this
so do awk this
And I've tried the following awk commands, in bash, but each produces no output:
f=awk; awk '/$f/ && !/not/' test.txt
f=awk; awk '/\$f/ && !/not/'…

Mike Dannyboy
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preg_replace, negate regex pattern
This is my pattern which i want to negate:
[\+\-][0-9\.]+
These are sample rows:
Stephane Robert (+1.5 Sets)
Stephane Robert (-1.5 Sets)
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber (-1.5 Sets)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (+1.5 Sets)
Player Names…

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XSD Character Class Negate with group
In my xsd I'm using negate to check for disallowed characters. This is within a restriction pattern tag:
^[^ab]+$
This will allow any string unless it contains either a or b.
My requirement is that the string can contain anything but a or b or cd …

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grep exclude multiple columns R
I have several tables with multiple columns of numeric data. The number of columns can vary. Each table has 3 columns (Player, Team, Pos) that do not have numeric data. I have come up with the following to convert every column except the 3 above to…

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Negating certain words from a custom rewrite expression?
I have a WP page named Book (/book/) which displays a book in various languages. The language and chapter variables
are passed as query variables. So the URL structure looks like:
/book/english/ (This displays a list of chapters in…

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Expression grammar with exponentiation operator AND unary negation operator using Boost Spirit
There are many examples online how to implement a calculator with Boost Spirit. There are also answered questions on how to add an exponentiation operator to it, for example this one.
But, when it comes to a combination of exponentiation operator…

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