exclusion in character classes

Question

Why doesn't ^ in the beginning of pattern = r"[^A-Z]" exclude the uppercase letters in re.search(pattern, "AbCdEfG123")?

Answer 1

Can you please display the link of your code?

Answer 2

try the carat on the outside of the square bracket

Answer 3

my mistake youre pattern works.
https://code.sololearn.com/c7hye0QRvTln/?ref=app

Answer 4

here is the code:

import re

pattern = r"[^A-Z]"

if re.search(pattern, "this is all quiet"):
print("Match 1")

if re.search(pattern, "AbCdEfG123"):
print("Match 2")

if re.search(pattern, "THISISALLSHOUTING"):
print("Match 3")

Result:

Match 1
Match 2