Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(?<opening>\<\w)

Group opening(?<opening>\<\w)

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\wany word character

2nd Alternative(?<closing>\<?\/\w*\>)

Group closing(?<closing>\<?\/\w*\>)

\<?optionally matches the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\w*any word character, repeated any number of times

\>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

(?<opening>\<\w)|(?<closing>\<?\/\w*\>)

<div Id='topDiv' Class='randomClass'><p Id='topP' Class='randomParagraph'></p>Blah<span></span>lkj<div Id='blahyay'  ><div></div></div></div><div />