Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(me)

methe literal text me (case insensitive)

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

Group 2([^<]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Negated Character Class[^<]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

<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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

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Regular Expression

(me)(?!([^<]+)?>)

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I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where <span class='me'>wiser men</span> would have left well enough alone.