Python regex match, but exclude if regex match

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I’m trying to write a regex for re.search that can match a string as long as the word prod exists anywhere in the text (.*prod.*). however, it should fail the match if the string should have the word orange anywhere in it.

web-prod-green # should match
web-prod-orange # should fail to match
web-orange-green # should fail to match
orange-prod-green # should fail to match

How can i do this? Thanks.

Asked By: sebastianwth

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Answer 1

We could use a negative lookahead to exclude the presence of orange:

^(?!.*borangeb).*bprodb.*$

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Answered By: Tim Biegeleisen

Python regex match, but exclude if regex match

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