Regular Expressions 101

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

div id=the literal text div id= (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

contentthe literal text content (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Character Class[.\s\S]*?

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

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

Positive Lookahead(?=\<div id=\"footer\")

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

div id=the literal text div id= (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

footerthe literal text footer (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Search reference

Regular Expression

\<div id=\"content\"[.\s\S]*?(?=\<div id=\"footer\")

New

hello this is some text I don't want
asdf
asdfasd
ff
<div id="content" class="other">
i have this other stuff 
<div>More stuff</div>
<div id="footer"> 
hello^[^_]*_
asd;flkjasd
f;kas
dfas
df
asdf a2		5<div id="footer"><div id="content></div>

Regular Expression

Extraction