Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Group 1((?!emote1|emote2).)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!emote1|emote2)

1st Alternativeemote1

emote1the literal text emote1 (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeemote2

emote2the literal text emote2 (case sensitive)

.any character (except for line terminators)

$end of line

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

^((?!emote1|emote2).)*$

emote1 goes ok	no
emote2	no
tomorrow	yes
abcd	yes
emote1 tomorrow	no
testing if emote2 works	no

emote1 goes ok	no
emote2	no
tomorrow	yes
abcd	yes
emote1 tomorrow	no
testing if emote2 works	no