Regular Expressions 101

<span id=the literal text <span id= (case sensitive)

Character Class["']

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 1(ctl00_.+|other_ids)

1st Alternativectl00_.+

ctl00_the literal text ctl00_ (case sensitive)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

2nd Alternativeother_ids

other_idsthe literal text other_ids (case sensitive)

Character Class["']

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 2(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

span>the literal text span> (case sensitive)

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

<span id=["'](ctl00_.+|other_ids)["']>(.+?)<\/span>

New

<span id="ctl00_BodyContentPlaceHolder_lblDescription">Random Description</span>
<span id='ctl00_BodyContentPlaceHolder_lblDescription'>Random Description</span>