Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(< *br)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

brthe literal text br (case sensitive)

Character Class[ \/]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\/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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Search reference

Regular Expression

(< *br)[ \/]*>

New

/* Linebreaks */
<br>
<br />
<br/>

/* Terrible linebreaks, but technically possible */
< br />
< br>
< br/>
<  br>
<br   />