How to find lines which are beginning from #, with exceptions

Question

I've C++ file, like:

#include <stdio>
#if 0
int a=1;
#endif
.....

How to write regular expression to find all lines which are beginning from #, except the lines which are starting from the #include keyword?

Answer 1

Try this regex:

/^#(?!include).*$/gm

Answer 2

/^\s*#(?!include\b).*$/m

matches a line that starts with optional whitespace, then a #, unless followed by include.

So, in JavaScript:

result = subject.match(/^\s*#(?!include\b).*$/mg);