Regular Expressions 101

Pro

<hthe literal text <h (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:1>|2>Obituary\sfor\s)

1st Alternative1>

1>the literal text 1>

2nd Alternative2>Obituary\sfor\s

2>Obituarythe literal text 2>Obituary (case sensitive)

\sany whitespace character

forthe literal text for (case sensitive)

\sany whitespace character

\Kresets the starting point of the reported match. Any previously consumed characters are no longer included in the final match

Negated Character Class[^><]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

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

<h(?:1>|2>Obituary\sfor\s)\K[^><]+

New

<h2>Obituary for John Doe</h2>
<h1>James Michael Lee</h1>

<h2>Obituary for John Doe</h2>
<h1>James Michael Lee</h1>