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To validate only word simplest regex would be (I think)

/^w+$/

I want to exclude digits and _ from this (as it accept aa10aaand aa_aa now, I want to reject them)

I think it can be gained by

 /^[a-zA-z]+$/

which means I have to take a different approach other than the previous one.

but what if I want to exclude any character from this range
suppose I will not allow k,K,p,P or more.

Is there a way to add an excluding list in the range without changing the range.?

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answered 10 Years ago brynneg · Accepted Answer

To exclude k or p from [a-zA-Z] you need to use a negative lookahead assertion.

(?![kpKP])[a-zA-Z]+

Use anchors if necessary.

^(?:(?![kpKP])[a-zA-Z])+$

It checks for not of k or p before matching each character.

OR

^(?!.*[kpKP])[a-zA-Z]+$

It just excludes the lines which contains k or p and matches only those lines which contains only alphabets other than k or p.