cyphix

Could anyone tell me why this regex pattern..

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<a href="http://www\.test\.com/lyrics/[^/]+/[^/]+/[^\.]+\.html" title="[^"]+"[^>]*>[^(<b>)\<]+</a>
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..isn't matching this line?


This is my code..

[php]
if (preg_match('~<a href="http://www\.test\.com/lyrics/[^/]+/[^/]+/[^\.]+\.html" title="[^"]+"[^>]*>[^(<b>)\<]+</a>~', $line)) {
[/php]

I don't want lines with "<b>" included..... isn't that the right way to do it? By enclosing a series of characters in parentheses?

Thanks!