<span class=the literal text <span class= (case sensitive) \"the literal " (3410 / 428 / 2216)
.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times
Non-Capturing Group(?:(id=[^>]*))? ?repeats the group contents below at most once:
id=the literal text id= (case sensitive) Negated Character Class[^>]* *matches any number of characters outside the set below:
>the literal > (6210 / 768 / 3E16)
>the literal > (6210 / 768 / 3E16)
\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times
Negated Character Class[^<]* *matches any number of characters outside the set below:
<the literal < (6010 / 748 / 3C16)
\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times
g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first