How to negate the whole regex?

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Use negative lookaround: (?!pattern)

Positive lookarounds can be used to assert that a pattern matches. Negative lookarounds is the opposite: it’s used to assert that a pattern DOES NOT match. Some flavor supports assertions; some puts limitations on lookbehind, etc.

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These are attempts to come up with regex solutions to toy problems as exercises; they should be educational if you’re trying to learn the various ways you can use lookarounds (nesting them, using them to capture, etc):

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