regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

<athe literal text <a (case insensitive)

Negated Character Class[^>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^<]*?

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

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case insensitive)

Negated Character Class[^<]*?

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

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

</a>the literal text </a> (case insensitive)

Global pattern flags

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

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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Regular Expression

<a[^>]*>[^<]*?[a-z][^<]*?</a>

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<a href="link">только русский текст</a> latin <a href="link">latin</a>
<a href="link">latin</a> latin <a href="link">только русский текст</a>
<a href="link">только русский текст</a><a href="link">latin</a>
<a href="link">только русский текст</a><a href="link">только русский текст</a>
<a href="link">latin</a> latin <a href="link">latin</a>
<a href="link">latin</a>

Недостаток, не захватит текст, в котором встречается символ "<":

<a href="link"><latin></a>

Regular Expressions 101

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