[clug] Help with a python regexp?

[Jeremy Kerr]

Hi Brad,

> So how to I match a line containing "warning:", as long as it doesn't
> start with "exchange.idl"?

You want the (?!...) grouping operator. From 'pydoc re':

 (?!...)  Matches if ... doesn't match next.

For example:

 warning_re = re.compile('(?!exchange.idl).*warning[: ].*')

Cheers,


Jeremy