Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

--the literal text --

Negative Lookahead(?![^><]*>)

Negated Character Class[^><]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

--(?![^><]*>)

some text here
<span class="my--class-name--here" id="some--id">some -- text--here</span> 
test text--here
<div class="another--class-name">test --test</div>
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Substitution

â€”

some text here
<span class="my--class-name--here" id="some--id">some -- text--here</span> 
test text--here
<div class="another--class-name">test --test</div>
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