Tempered dot

regex

(?:(?!END).)+

Explanation

Useful when you need to stop before a sentinel substring.

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Require text to follow the current position.

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Require text not to follow the current position.

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Require text to precede the current position.

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Require text not to precede the current position.

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Match only at the beginning of the input.