javascript regex - look behind alternative?

Question

Here is a regex that works fine in most regex implementations:

(?

This matches .js for a string which ends with .js exc

Answer 1

^(?!filename).+\.js works for me

tested against:

• test.js match
• blabla.js match
• filename.js no match

A proper explanation for this regex can be found at Regular expression to match string not containing a word?

Look ahead is available since version 1.5 of javascript and is supported by all major browsers

Updated to match filename2.js and 2filename.js but not filename.js

(^(?!filename\.js$).).+\.js