How to select text between greater than and less than with an additional slash

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I'm trying to select text between ></ . Example below I want "text"

>text</

but I'm unable to do so. tried the following but it doesn't like the slash at the end of the regex

\>(.*?)\<\

I'm trying to do this in TextPad. How is this supposed to be done? I'm ultimately wanting to delete all text between these two characters so all I'm left with is something like: <element></element>

You are missing the `/`...? – Evan Davis Jun 11 '15 at 19:58 — Evan Davis, Jun 11 '15 at 19:58

karthik manchala · Answer 1 · 2015-06-11T20:11:02.047

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You are close.. use the following:

(>).*?(<\/)

And replace with \1\2

See DEMO

OR

You can use lookbehind and lookaheads:

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

And replace with '' (empty string)

See DEMO

edited Jun 11 '15 at 20:11

answered Jun 11 '15 at 19:58

karthik manchala

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thanks for reply, but it I'm getting "Cannot find regular expression:" when trying to use above expression. But maybe it's the program I'm using (TextPad) – user1899872 Jun 11 '15 at 20:04
thanks again but this is unable to be found as well. I have Regular Expression selected as well. hmmm – user1899872 Jun 11 '15 at 20:09
yes, I've tried both (>).*?(<\/) AND (?<=>)(.*?)(?=<\/) but still same – user1899872 Jun 11 '15 at 20:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 11 '15 at 19:59

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RegEx wise, you can use 3 groupings and for the replace only use the first and 3rd group: \1\3.

Find: (>)(.*)(</)   
Replace: \1\3

answered Jun 11 '15 at 19:59

Laz Padron

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 11 '15 at 20:01

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Try doing:

\>(.*?)\<\/

The regex that you were trying would actually have given error because you had a \ and nothing after that.

answered Jun 11 '15 at 20:01

Rakholiya Jenish

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