Regular Expressions 101

<ulthe literal text <ul (case insensitive)

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

class=the literal text class= (case insensitive)

Group 1([\'\"])

Character Class[\'\"]

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:s|bbc)

1st Alternatives

sthe literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativebbc

bbcthe literal text bbc (case insensitive)

\1the text saved by group 1

Negated Character Class[^>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 2(.*?)

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

Positive Lookahead(?=\<\/ul\>)

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

ulthe literal text ul (case insensitive)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

ul>the literal text ul> (case insensitive)

Global pattern flags

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

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

<ul.*?class=([\'\"])(?:s|bbc)\1[^>]*>(.*?)(?=\<\/ul\>)<\/ul>

New

<ul  class="bbc"><li>mierda</li></ul>

<ul  class="bbc bbcol decimal">
<li>mierda</li>
<li>mierda</li>
</ul>

<ul  class="bbc"><li>mierda</li></ul>