Non-Capturing Group(?:<a href="|\G) <a href="the literal text <a href=" (case sensitive) \Gstart of current search
\S*any non-whitespace character, repeated any number of times
\Kresets the starting point of the reported match. Any previously consumed characters are no longer included in the final match
the literal (3210 / 408 / 2016)
Positive Lookahead(?=[^">]*") Negated Character Class[^">]* *matches any number of characters outside the set below:
"the literal " (3410 / 428 / 2216)
>the literal > (6210 / 768 / 3E16)
"the literal " (3410 / 428 / 2216)
g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first