Regex Tester for HTML Tags

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Regex for quick HTML extraction. Use a proper parser for production.

Example

Pattern: <(\\w+)[^>]*>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/\\1>\n\nTest: <div class=\"x\">Hello</div>

Tips

  1. 1[\\s\\S]*? for multi-line content.
  2. 2\\1 backreferences tag name.
  3. 3HTML isn't regular — parser for complex cases.

Frequently Asked Questions

Parse HTML?

Quick extraction only. Use DOMParser for production.

Self-closing?

<\\w+[^>]*/?> for both <img/> and <img>.

Nested?

Regex can't handle recursion.