Match Syntax: Multiple not-words

[thegoatherder]

The match-syntax !foo{0,5} works well for matching: any word (except for the word foo) 0-5 times
Is there any match syntax for expanding this to multiple not-want words?

I have tried:

• !(foo|bar){0,5}
• (!foo|!bar){0,5}
• (!foo && !bar){0,5}

Here's some playing around:

const nlp = require('compromise')
const patterns = ['before (!foo|!bar){0,8}', 'before (!foo && !bar){0,8} something', 'before !(foo|bar){0,8} something']

const sentences = [
  { want: true, text: 'before one two three four five six seven something' },
  { want: false, text: 'before one bar two three something' },
  { want: false, text: 'before one two foo four five six something' },
]

patterns.forEach((pattern) => {
  console.log(pattern)
  sentences.forEach((sentence) => {
    const result = nlp(sentence.text).has(pattern) === sentence.want ? '✅' : '❌'
    console.log(`${result} ${sentence.text}`)
  })
  console.log()
})

Output

I'm failing to get an output where all three sentences get ✅ for a pattern...

before (!foo|!bar){0,8}
✅ before one two three four five six seven something
❌ before one bar two three something
❌ before one two foo four five six something

before (!foo && !bar){0,8} something
❌ before one two three four five six seven something
✅ before one bar two three something
✅ before one two foo four five six something

before !(foo|bar){0,8} something
✅ before one two three four five six seven something
❌ before one bar two three something
❌ before one two foo four five six something

[spencermountain]

yeah - !(foo|bar){0,3} should work - looks like the tokenizer bonks the syntax

console.log(nlp.parseMatch('match !(foo|bar){0,3}'))

happy to take a look at this

[spencermountain]

fixed on dev

[spencermountain]

fixed in 14.9.0
thanks

[vjsnagglepuss]

thank you so much for this fix @spencermountain -- it will make my life much easier!