how to match any string but not a string that starts with slash?

Question

how to match any string but not a string that starts with a slash?

I'm using node js regex

that was my try but it didn't work

(?!\/s).*

Answer 1

^[^\/] match everything except that starts with slash

^[^\/].* if you want to match the whole string

Answer 2

You can using startsWith function:

if(!str.startsWith('/')) // true for your case