regex101: Regex Match all characters between two strings

(?s)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gs

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

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\<span class=\"highlight highlight--wrapping\"\>)

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

span class=the literal text span class= (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

highlight highlight--wrappingthe literal text highlight highlight--wrapping (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 1(.*?)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

Positive Lookahead(?=\<\/span\>)

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

spanthe literal text span (case sensitive)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

(?s)(?<=\<span class=\"highlight highlight--wrapping\"\>)(.*?)(?=\<\/span\>)

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<div>... <span class="highlight highlight--wrapping">Chuck</span> <span class="highlight highlight--wrapping">Feeney</span> (David Cantwell for Forbes) 

On a cool summer afternoon at Dublin's Heuston Station, <span class="highlight highlight--wrapping">Chuck</span> <span class="highlight highlight--wrapping">Feeney</span>, 81...<br> slowly limped out of the station completely unnoticed. And that's just how <span class="highlight highlight--wrapping">Feeney</span> likes it.
<span class="highlight highlight--wrapping">Chuck</span> <span class="highlight highlight--wrapping">Feeney</span> is the James ...</div>

Regular Expression

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