[docs] [issue25517] regex howto example in "Lookahead Assertions"

[Pavel]

New submission from Pavel:

The example advises ".*[.](?!bat$).*$" expression "to match filenames where the extension is not bat". But here is an example which passes such check:

>>> re.match("(.*)[.](?!bat$).*$", "test.a.bat")
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x7ff221996f30>

To my mind use of negative lookbehind expressions (not covered so far in the HOWTO) is better:

>>> re.match("(.*)[.].*(?<!.bat)$", "test.a.bat")
>>>

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 253725
nosy: Pavel, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: regex howto example in "Lookahead Assertions"
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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