regex101: Python Substitution Workspace

Explanation

Pro

Positive Lookbehind(?<=<d:entry)

<d:entrythe literal text <d:entry (case sensitive)

Group 1([\s\S]*?title=\")

Character Class[\s\S]*?

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

\sa Unicode whitespace character

\Sany character that is not Unicode whitespace

title=the literal text title= (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 2([^\"]+)

Negated Character Class[^\"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 3([\w\W]*)

Character Class[\w\W]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

\Wany character that is not a Unicode word character

Group 4(~)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

Group 5([\s\S]*?)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

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

\sa Unicode whitespace character

\Sany character that is not Unicode whitespace

Positive Lookahead(?=</d:entry)

</d:entrythe literal text </d:entry (case sensitive)

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

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?<=<d:entry)([\s\S]*?title=\")([^\"]+)([\w\W]*)(~)([\s\S]*?)(?=</d:entry)

New

<d:entry id="_38ja" d:title="xxx">
) Y. V7 u# I- R6 Z+ T; l<d:index d:value="steal" d:title="steal"/><span class="hw">steal</span><br/>
  k9 M: d# }0 S<span class="ex">~ a visit <span class="tag1">(an interview)</span> </span><span class="ex_c">测试<span class="tag1">(测试)</span></span>  U1 X! |$ |% X, j, b
<span class="ex">~ a kiss </span><span class="ex_c">测试</span>+ n0 G4 V1 c' q9 Y% i! S' R4 A) q
<span class="ex">~ rides on the train </span><span class="ex_c">测试</span>
: e+ ]1 H) E+ |2 D7 Y</d:entry>

Extraction

<d:entry id="_38ja" d:title="xxx">
) Y. V7 u# I- R6 Z+ T; l<d:index d:value="steal" d:title="steal"/><span class="hw">steal</span><br/>
  k9 M: d# }0 S<span class="ex">~ a visit <span class="tag1">(an interview)</span> </span><span class="ex_c">测试<span class="tag1">(测试)</span></span>  U1 X! |$ |% X, j, b
<span class="ex">~ a kiss </span><span class="ex_c">测试</span>+ n0 G4 V1 c' q9 Y% i! S' R4 A) q
<span class="ex">~ rides on the train </span><span class="ex_c">测试</span>
: e+ ]1 H) E+ |2 D7 Y</d:entry>