On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Bernard Rankin <beranki...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, > > > I'd like to match any line that does not start with FOO. (Using just a > reg-ex rule) > > 1) What is the effective difference between: > > (?!^FOO).* > > ^(?!FOO).* > > 2) Is there a better way to do this? >
myline = 'FOO things in line'
>>> myline.startswith('FOO')
True
Cheers,
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