regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Pro

<tablethe literal text <table (case sensitive)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Character Class[\w\W]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wany word character

\Wany non-word character

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

table>the literal text table> (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

<table.*>[\w\W]*?<\/table>

New

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

<table border="2" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="width: 490px;">
    <tr>
        <th>Company</th>
        <th>Contact</th>
        <th>Country</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td>
        <td>Maria Anders</td>
        <td>Germany</td>
    </tr>
</table>

Duis consequat varius aliquam. In hac habitasse platea dictumst.

<table border="2" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="width: 490px;">
    <tr>
        <th>Company</th>
        <th>Contact</th>
        <th>Country</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td>
        <td>Maria Anders</td>
        <td>Germany</td>
    </tr>
</table>