Select text between 2 complete span tags using regex [duplicate]

Question

Take the following:

<span class='exclass'>1.</span> Lorem Ipsum <span class="exclass2" title="This is an example">*</span>

I am trying to create a regex expression that will select:

<span class='exclass'>1.</span>

AND

<span class="exclass2" title="This is an example">*</span>

Regex expressions like ^(<span(.*)<\/span>)$ select all of the text.

What expression will select the two complete tags and ignore the loose text between them? (Lorem Ipsum)

A l w a y s S u n n y · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-19 15:42:06Z

1

Regex is not good way to find HTML tags. But this should work for you-

<\s*span[^>]*>(.*?)<\s*\/\s*span>

DEMO: https://regex101.com/r/vbLN9L/6

answered Jun 19, 2019 at 15:42

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frobinsonj Over a year ago

regex parsers for HTML will instantly transport a programmer's consciousness into a world of ceaseless screaming

kennsorr Over a year ago

True. I didn't think of it as 'finding/selecting HTML tags' because one of those span tags was just appended onto a string I had stored in a js var beforehand. Thanks!

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