Basic regex help needed

Hi,

I am using 'Edit Plus 'directory search option. I don't know much about Regex
I need to write regex which gives me when ever there is word yahoo.com and hotmail.com but not @hotmail.com

How can I do that in all one expression, Like you do pipe in unix

would be containing yahoo.com or hotmail.com but not @hotmail.com

would also match @yahoo.com

the | operator says 'or'; if you put the whole phrase in a match condition (the () operators) then it's one phrase or the other. the [^something] syntax says 'not any character in these []'. the * operator says '0 or more', so that if the string starts with hotmail.com it will still match.

try checking the other threads in the regex forum for some really helpful info about using regex in general, it will teach you a lot about the syntax and how to use it. good luck!

Thanks for your help, I tested, it did not work, I put that regular expression in editPlus find box. I was searching a simple file that had yahoo.com and hotmail.com but I got the message "Can not find string" I am attachimng the snapshot

Try