Regular Expressions 101

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

scriptthe literal text script (case sensitive)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^<]*?

*?matches any number of characters outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 1(findthis)

findthisthe literal text findthis (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

scriptthe literal text script (case sensitive)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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

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Regular Expression

\<script\>[^<]*?(findthis).*?\<\/script\>

New

<html>
    <head>
        <script>
            var x = 1;
            var y = 'findthis'; // Should be matched
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script>
            var a = 2;
        </script>

        <h1>Welcome!</h1>
        <p>This findthis here should not be matched.</p>

        <script>
            var b = 'findthis too'; // Should be matched, too.
        </script>

        <div>
            <p>This findthis should not be matched neither.</p>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

Regular Expression

Extraction