Regular Expressions 101

Group 1((^)|(\<\/table\>))

1st Alternative(^)

Group 2(^)

^start of string

2nd Alternative(\<\/table\>)

Group 3(\<\/table\>)

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

tablethe literal text table (case sensitive)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 4(.*?)

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

Group 5((\<table\>)|($))

1st Alternative(\<table\>)

Group 6(\<table\>)

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

tablethe literal text table (case sensitive)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

2nd Alternative($)

Group 7($)

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

((^)|(\<\/table\>))(.*?)((\<table\>)|($))

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dit is een zin<br/><table><tr><td>Dit moet niet <br/> worden afgebroken<br/></td></tr></table> Nog meer tekst<br/><table>tabel2</table>aaa

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