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<sectionthe literal text <section (case insensitive)

Character Class[a-z="'\s]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case insensitive)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 1([\s\S]*?)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

section>the literal text section> (case insensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Search reference

Regular Expression

<section[a-z="'\s]+>([\s\S]*?)<\/section>

New

<chapter id="chap1">
<para0><title></title></para0>
</chapter>

<chapter id="chap2"> <title>THEORY</title>
<section id="Thoery">
<title>theory Section</title>
<para0 verstatus="ver">
<title>Theory Para 0 </title>
<text>blah blah</text>
</para0>
</section>

<section id="Next section">
<title>title</title>
<para0>
<title>Title</title>
<text>blah blah</text>
</para0>
</section>

<section id="More sections">
<title>title</title>
<para0>
<title>Title</title>
<text>blah blah</text>
</para0>
</section>

<section id="section">
<title>title</title>
<para0>
<title>Title</title>
<text>blah blah</text>
</para0>
</section>

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

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