Regular expression for delimiters

Need some help with a regular expression

How can I write an expression that filters everything between the delimiters (tab, comma, semicolon)? All the preceeding/trailing s开发者_如何学Gopaces must go as well.

Example input

Abra Cadabra       ; Harry Potters,Magic Wand[tab]Sucks!

Matches

[Abra Cadabra]
[Harry Potters]
[Magic Wand]
[Sucks!]

Not desired

[Abra Cadabra     ]

I came up with this to select everything BUT the output wanted

\s*[,;\t\n]\s*

Is there any way to "reverse" it?

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As far as simple match/search goes, this one seems working:

[^,;\t ]+(?: +[^,;\t ]+)*

BTW, I agree with kevin's comment up there, I'd use something like

string.split(/\s*[,;\t]+\s*/)

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You should be able to use this.

\s[^,;\t\n]*\s*

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There is such a thing as a negated character class (you have to scroll down a bit). Try this:

[^,;\t\n]*

It works in Expresso, which is .NET-based.

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Playing with that rubular thing, I think [^,;\t\n]*\b may give you what you want...