Regular Expressions 101

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1st Alternative(?i)<[^>]*>(*SKIP)(*F)

(?i)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gmi

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative[a-z][a-z ]+

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case insensitive)

Character Class[a-z ]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case insensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

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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(?i)<[^>]*>(*SKIP)(*F)|[a-z][a-z ]+

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