Regular Expressions 101

Pro

<div id="wanted">the literal text <div id="wanted"> (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^<>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

div>the literal text div> (case sensitive)

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

<div id="wanted">[^<>]*<\/div>

New

<div id="not-wanted">
no no 
no 
</div>
<div id="wanted">I want 
only this 
text
</div> no no no
no no
<div id="not-wanted">
no no no 
</div>
<div id="wanted">no no
no no</div>
<div id="wanted">
no no     
</div>

Extraction

<div id="not-wanted">
no no 
no 
</div>
<div id="wanted">I want 
only this 
text
</div> no no no
no no
<div id="not-wanted">
no no no 
</div>
<div id="wanted">no no
no no</div>
<div id="wanted">
no no     
</div>