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HTML
<div id="content">Some random text trying to find good1 text but only when that good2 text is not preceded by bad text so bad good3 should not be found bad good4 is a bad oxymoron anyway.</div>
JavaScript
function negativeLookBehind(lookBehindRegExp, matchRegExp, modifiers)
{
var text = $('#content').html();
var badGoodRegex = regexMerge(lookBehindRegExp, matchRegExp, modifiers);
var badGoodMatches = text.match(badGoodRegex);
var placeHolderMap = {};
for(var i = 0;i<badGoodMatches.length;i++)
{
var match = badGoodMatches[i];
var placeHolder = "${item"+i+"}"
placeHolderMap[placeHolder] = match;
$('#content').html($('#content').html().replace(match, placeHolder));
}
var text = $('#content').html();
var goodRegex = matchRegExp;
var goodMatches = text.match(goodRegex);
for(prop in placeHolderMap)
{
$('#content').html($('#content').html().replace(prop, placeHolderMap[prop]));
}
return goodMatches;
}
function regexMerge(regex1, regex2, modifiers)
{
return new RegExp(regex1.source + regex2.source, modifiers);
}
var result = negativeLookBehind(/(bad )/gi, /(good\d)/gi, "gi");
alert(result);