re = /(?i)<(?:(?!br\s*>|br\s*\/>)[^>'"]*|(['"]).*?\1)*>/
str = 'THis is a test <p>paragraph</p>Let\'s Jump<br>
haha It worked !!! :P<wuuut>
This BR won\'t be matched <BR/>
<b>That cool :)</b>
This is more reliable <br />
<a>as you can see</a><Br />'
# Print the match result
str.scan(re) do |match|
puts match.to_s
end
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Ruby, please visit: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Regexp.html