Regular Expressions 101

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 1(textarea)

textareathe literal text textarea (case sensitive)

Group 2([^>]+)

Negated Character Class[^>]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 3([^%]*?)

Negated Character Class[^%]*?

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

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

<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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Search reference

Regular Expression

<(textarea)([^>]+)>([^%]*?)<\/\1>

Test String
New

<p>
	<textarea class="ckeditor-basic" cols="100" name="textAreaName" required="required" rows="5">
		<p>5051950</p>
	</textarea>
</p>

<p><textarea class="ckeditor-basic" cols="100" name="textAreaName" required="required" rows="5"></textarea></p>

<p><textarea class="ckeditor-basic" cols="100" name="textAreaName" required="required" rows="5"></textarea></p>

Regular Expression

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Test String
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