Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?![^<]*\/>)

Negated Character Class[^<]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

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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25 tokens

\.(?![^<]*\/>)

New

Hi. the symbol before me is my match target <img src='http://skip.these.dots/and.this.as.well' alt='me.three' /> but still match this.

*

Hi. the symbol before me is my match target <img src='http://skip.these.dots/and.this.as.well' alt='me.three' /> but still match this.