python正则表达式否定先行断言

时间:2012-07-23 21:44:30

标签: python regex

我是新手,我正在努力获得像这样的python正则表达式模式:

it must contain "stop (at most 10 words inbetween) mail" and do not contain "mail stop".

也就是说,

  "please stop the mail, and I want the mail stop" AND "please stop the mail stop" would be rejected. ("mail stop" pattern spotted)


  "please stop the mail" AND "please stop the mail, I want the mail to stop" both would be accepted.(only "stop ~ mail" pattern is seen, and no "mail stop")

我目前拥有的是:

import re
pattern = re.compile("(?=(stop\s+(\w+\s+){0,10}mail[^\s]*))(?!mail\s+stop)")
print(pattern.search("please stop the mail, I want the mail to stop").group())

但不知怎的,它不按我想要的方式工作。

任何帮助都将不胜感激。

埃里克

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

假设您需要在匹配时返回整个输入字符串

>>> pattern = re.compile(".*stop\s+(\w+\s+){0,10}mail(?!(\s+stop|(.*mail stop))).*")
>>> print(pattern.search("please stop the mail, I want the mail to stop"))
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x15c43c0>
>>> print(pattern.search("please stop the mail stop"))
None
>>> print(pattern.search("please stop the mail, and I want the mail stop"))
None