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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T13:23:07+00:00 2026-05-12T13:23:07+00:00

Using a Perl or unix regex, how would I capture a word that is

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Using a Perl or unix regex, how would I capture a word that is not a range of values. Here is what I am trying to achieve.

(\w:not('int','long'))
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    2026-05-12T13:23:08+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 1:23 pm

    Not sure if this is valid perl syntax, but in “generic” flavor you can say

    /\b(?!int\b|long\b)\w+\b/
    

    If you want to capture the word, put parens around \w+, like this

    /\b(?!int\b|long\b)(\w+)\b/
    
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