Regular Expressions 101

Explanation
Pro

.*any character, repeated any number of times

Group 1(<table>.*?<\/table>)

<table>the literal text <table> (case sensitive)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

table>the literal text table> (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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25 tokens

.*(<table>.*?<\/table>)

New

<div>
<table>1<table>
<table>2</table>
<table>3</table> -  i need this one and all its contents
<div>

<div>
<table>1<table>
<table>2</table>
<table>3</table> -  i need this one and all its contents
<div>