Python regex

[Andrew Rekdal]

made error on last line... read as...

> I would be saying if forward-slash AND asterisk appear in this order... 
> negate


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-- Andrew

"Andrew Rekdal @comcast.net>" <<nospam> wrote in message 
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>I hope posting is ok here for this question...
>
> I am attempting to extract the text from a CSS comment using 're' such 
> as...
>
> string = "/* CSS comment /*"
> exp = "[^(/*)].*[^(*/)] "
>
> p = re.compile(exp)
> q = p.search(string)
> r = q.group()
>
> print r
>
>>>CSS comment
>
> although this works to a degree... I know the within the brackets 
> everything is taken literally so the pattern
> I am to negating is "(/*)". ie. includes the parenthesis.
>
> So my question is...
>
> Is there a way to negate a pattern that is more than on character long? 
> eg. where rather than saying if forward slash OR astrisk appear..negate.
>
> I would be saying if parenthesis AND asterisk appear in this order... 
> negate
>
>
> -- Andrew
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