Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative<(.+?)\s*(.*?)\s*>(.+)<.+>

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 1(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

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

Group 2(.*?)

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

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

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 3(.+)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

2nd Alternative<\/?(\w+)\s*(.*?)\s*\/?>

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 4(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

Group 5(.*?)

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

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

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

<(.+?)\s*(.*?)\s*>(.+)<.+>|<\/?(\w+)\s*(.*?)\s*\/?>

<div>
  `hello`
  if (test) {
    <p>ok</p>
  }
  else {
    <a href="home"   >home</a>
    <idfd dfd="href" />
  }
</div>

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