How does one match all \b that are not “=”?
"igloo".match(...) # => `igloo`
"igloo=".match(...) # => `nil`
How does one match all \b that are not =? igloo.match(…) # => `igloo`
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How does one match all \b that are not “=”?
"igloo".match(...) # => `igloo`
"igloo=".match(...) # => `nil`
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\bdoesn’t match ‘=’; it matches on the boundary between ‘=’ and something else. To match only when the other side of the boundary is not ‘=’, use a negative lookahead:That says “match a \b boundary, but only when not followed by ‘='”.