How can i match a string that does not finish with / . I know I can do that /\/$/ and it will match if string does finish with /, but how can I test to see if it doesn’t?
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How can i match a string that does not finish with / . I know I can do that /\/$/ and it will match if string does finish with /, but how can I test to see if it doesn’t?
You can use a negative character class:
This however requires that the string contains at least one character. If you also want to allow the empty string you can use an alternation:
A different approach is to use a negative lookbehind but note that many popular regular expression engines do not support lookbehinds: