Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative<tag>.*?<\/tag>

<tag>the literal text <tag> (case sensitive)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

tag>the literal text tag> (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative[^<>]+

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

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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25 tokens

<tag>.*?<\/tag>|[^<>]+

New

The quick brown <tag>fox</tag> jumps over the lazy <tag>dog</tag>

The quick brown <tag>fox</tag> jumps over the lazy <tag>dog</tag>