Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative<span class[^>]*>

<span classthe literal text <span class (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

2nd Alternative<\/span>

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

span>the literal text span> (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

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

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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Search reference

Regular Expression

<span class[^>]*>|<\/span>

New

    <Item title="1234" xmlns="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsqti_v2p2">
        <ItemBody>
        <div class="item_text">
                        <div>
                            <span class="TAGGED_ITEM " id="c1_ae1">This is a map on a grid.</span>
                            <span class="TAGGED_ITEM " id="c1_ae2"> It shows a car.</span>
                        </div>
                            <span class="TAGGED_ITEM " id="c1_ae3"> It shows a car on Road.</span>
                    </div>
        </ItemBody>
    </Item>

Regular Expression

Substitution