Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative[ ]+

Character Class[ ]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

2nd Alternative(<([^ ]+)[^>]+>[^<]+<\/\2>)

Group 1(<([^ ]+)[^>]+>[^<]+<\/\2>)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 2([^ ]+)

Negated Character Class[^ ]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^>]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^<]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\2the text saved by group 2

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

3rd Alternative(<[^>]+>)

Group 3(<[^>]+>)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^>]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

[ ]+|(<([^ ]+)[^>]+>[^<]+<\/\2>)|(<[^>]+>)

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