How to match a line not containing a word in Java Regex



Example

Live Demo

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class NoRegTest {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String s="^fun";
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(s);
      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher("Java is fun");

      if(!matcher.find()) {
         System.out.println("not found");
      }
   }
}

Output

not found

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