Regular Expressions 101

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^start of line

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 1(<([^\s<>]+)[^<>]*>)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 2([^\s<>]+)

Negated Character Class[^\s<>]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\sany whitespace character

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^<>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Apple<the literal text Apple< (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\2the text saved by group 2

>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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^\s*(<([^\s<>]+)[^<>]*>)Apple<\/\2>

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