Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(<STYLE>)

<STYLE>the literal text <STYLE> (case sensitive)

.*any character, repeated any number of times

Group 2(<\/STYLE>)

<the literal text < (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

STYLE>the literal text STYLE> (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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

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Regular Expression

(&lt;STYLE&gt;).*(&lt;\/STYLE&gt;)

Test String
New

    &lt;STYLE&gt;
       group 1
    &lt;/STYLE&gt;
       Random text here which shall not be removed.
    &lt;STYLE&gt;
       group 2
    &lt;/STYLE&gt;
       Some more random text here which shall not be removed.
    &lt;STYLE&gt;
       group 3
    &lt;/STYLE&gt;

Regular Expression

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