Not Operator Examples - Pre Version 3.1 Syntax

!

Not Operator: No match will be made if the expression is found. The NOT operator can be combined with other wildcard & subexpression operators. When combined with [], nothing in the range described in the brackets will be matched. For example,

!(b|c)at
!(Windows )98
![a-z ]98

matches
matches
matches

at in "mat", "rat" or "fat" but not in "bat" or "cat"
98 in "1998" but not in "Windows 98"
98 in "1998" but not in "Windows 98"