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I need to match all of these opening tags:

<p>
<a href="foo">

But not theseself-closing tags:

<br />
<hr class="foo" />

I came up with this and wanted to make sure I've got it right. I am only capturing the a-z.

<([a-z]+) *[^/]*?>

I believe it says:

  • Find a less-than, then
  • Find (and capture) a-z one or more times, then
  • Find zero or more spaces, then
  • Find any character zero or more times, greedy, except /, then
  • Find a greater-than

Do I have that right? And more importantly, what do you think?

I need to match all of these opening tags:

<p>
<a href="foo">

But not these:

<br />
<hr class="foo" />

I came up with this and wanted to make sure I've got it right. I am only capturing the a-z.

<([a-z]+) *[^/]*?>

I believe it says:

  • Find a less-than, then
  • Find (and capture) a-z one or more times, then
  • Find zero or more spaces, then
  • Find any character zero or more times, greedy, except /, then
  • Find a greater-than

Do I have that right? And more importantly, what do you think?

I need to match all of these opening tags:

<p>
<a href="foo">

But not self-closing tags:

<br />
<hr class="foo" />

I came up with this and wanted to make sure I've got it right. I am only capturing the a-z.

<([a-z]+) *[^/]*?>

I believe it says:

  • Find a less-than, then
  • Find (and capture) a-z one or more times, then
  • Find zero or more spaces, then
  • Find any character zero or more times, greedy, except /, then
  • Find a greater-than

Do I have that right? And more importantly, what do you think?

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Alan Moore
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I need to match all of these opening tags:

<p>
<a href="foo">

But not these:

<br />
<hr class="foo" />

I came up with this and wanted to make sure I've got it right. I am only capturing the 'a-z'a-z.

<([a-z]+) *[^/]*?>

I believe it says:

  • Find a less-than, then
  • Find (and capture) a-z one or more times, then
  • Find zero or more spaces, then
  • Find any character zero or more times, greedy, except /, then
  • Find a greater-than

Do I have that right? And more importantly, what do you think?

I need to match all of these opening tags:

<p>
<a href="foo">

But not these:

<br/>
<hr class="foo"/>

I came up with this and wanted to make sure I've got it right. I am only capturing the 'a-z'.

<([a-z]+) *[^/]*?>

I believe it says:

  • Find a less-than, then
  • Find (and capture) a-z one or more times, then
  • Find zero or more spaces, then
  • Find any character zero or more times, greedy, except / then
  • Find a greater-than

Do I have that right? And more importantly, what do you think?

I need to match all of these opening tags:

<p>
<a href="foo">

But not these:

<br />
<hr class="foo" />

I came up with this and wanted to make sure I've got it right. I am only capturing the a-z.

<([a-z]+) *[^/]*?>

I believe it says:

  • Find a less-than, then
  • Find (and capture) a-z one or more times, then
  • Find zero or more spaces, then
  • Find any character zero or more times, greedy, except /, then
  • Find a greater-than

Do I have that right? And more importantly, what do you think?

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