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RegEx to match a string only if it does'nt have a particular string within it
Hi All
Requesting help on this one. I am working on a JAVA based tool 'webMethods' which provides built-in functionality to replace char/string from a given input, it also excepts RegEx to match the search string.
My requirement to create a RegEx which can be supplied to the above built-in functionality to match any string (that can contain new lines and other white space characters) only if it doesnt have a particular word say BRANCH. Examples of positive matches can be-
The bank of America.
The #123 bank.
@$%# (*%&.
Examples of negative matches can be-
BRANCH
The #123 BRANCH of this bank.
This is the last BRANCH.
BRANCH BRANCH
I tried using the expression [\s\S\s]*(?!BRANCH)[\s\S\s]*, but this does'nt work for all the scenarios.
RegEx to match a string only if it does'nt have a particular string within it
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