Regular Expressions 101

Pro

<ulthe literal text <ul (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

><the literal text ><

Group 1([^><]+)

Negated Character Class[^><]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 2(.*?)

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

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\1the text saved by group 1

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

<ul\/><([^><]+)>(.*?)<\/\1>

New

<ul/><htmlelement>some text</htmlelement>
<ul/><htmlelement>some text</htmlelement>
<ul/><htmlelement>some text</htmlelement>