regex - Regexp: is it possible to search for string 'string' but not 'string({' -
    i trying find out occurences of concrete word (method call deprecated api) in files in directory. need regexp find such occurences not contain updated call (new api). can me please?   example:    deprecated api: method(a,b,c)  new api: method({a:a, b:b, c:c})    the regexp should find files containing 'method' not 'method({'.   thank you.          i'd proper way use negative look-ahead operator, ?!   /method(?!\(\{)/   the above states, "any occurence of method  not  followed ({ "   it meets requirements better suggested /method([^{]/  latter not match string end (i.e. abc abc method ) , doesn't handle combination of 2 characters ({  requested well.