From: "R. Joseph Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Hi all
> Just for fun (really no context) i was wondering how to create regular
> expressions that will never match any string.
>
> /^[^\w\W]/ is one of them am I right? No string can start with a
> character that is neither alphanumeric nor nonalhanumeric.
How do you like this one?
/(?=a)(?=b)/;
You can use any characters instead of the "a" and "b" as long as they
are different (and not wildcars).
Jenda
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