regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Substitution Workspace

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 1(.+)

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

Group 2( .+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

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

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 3(.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\1the text saved by group 1

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

<(.+)( .+)?>(.*)<\/\1>

Test String
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <float_node>1.0</float_node>
  <text_node>Pack My Box</text_node>
  <UPPER_NODE>With Five Dozen</UPPER_NODE>
  <MiXeD_NoDe>SCSG1</MiXeD_NoDe>
  <!-- Comment should not be changed -->
  <GRANDPARENT>
    <PARENT>
      <Child1>Liquor Jugs</Child1>
      <Child2 with-attribute="Pangrams">Jackdaws Love</Child2>
    </PARENT>
    <PARENT>
      <Child1>My Big Sphinx</Child1>
      <Child2 with-attribute="Are Great">Of Gold</Child2>
    </PARENT>
  </GRANDPARENT>
</root>

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<\L$1$2>$3</\L$1>

Regular Expression

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