Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative(?i)(<br\/?>)

(?i)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gmi

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

Group 1(<br\/?>)

<brthe literal text <br (case insensitive)

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

2nd Alternative<[^>]*>

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?i)(<br\/?>)|<[^>]*>

New

aaa<p>Radio and television.<br></p><p>very<br/> popular <BR>in the <BR/>world today.</p><p>Millions of people watch TV. </p><p>That’s because a radio is very small <span_style=":_black;">98.2%</span></p><p>and it‘s easy to carry. <span_style=":_black;">haha100%</span></p>bb

Extraction

aaa<p>Radio and television.<br></p><p>very<br/> popular <BR>in the <BR/>world today.</p><p>Millions of people watch TV. </p><p>That’s because a radio is very small <span_style=":_black;">98.2%</span></p><p>and it‘s easy to carry. <span_style=":_black;">haha100%</span></p>bb