Regular Expressions 101

Group 1((?:^|>)\s*)

Non-Capturing Group(?:^|>)

1st Alternative^

^start of string

2nd Alternative>

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Negated Character Class[^<>]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Maythe literal text May (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^<>]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 2(\s*(?:<|$))

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:<|$)

1st Alternative<

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$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

((?:^|>)\s*)[^<>]+May[^<>]+(\s*(?:<|$))

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<div class='byline'>
  <div>some excerpt</div>
  geplaatst door
  <span class="name">Author's name</span>
  May, 2015
</div>