Omit certain sequence of characters using Regex

Question

I need a regular Expression to get a string in between <ul> and </ul> tag... But the thing is if there is one "<ul></ul>" tag inside the <ul> tag then regex stops with the inner tag...But i need the entire string between the outer two tags... Can anyone help me?

Don't try to parse arbitrarily nested HTML using regex. [It won't work](http://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/362634). Use a proper HTML parser instead. — Marius Schulz, Nov 14 '13 at 08:35

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '13 at 08:31

Try this regex

String text = "<ul>My list</ul>";

String text1 = text.replaceAll("</?ul>", "");
                                  ^
                                  ? says / one time or none at all
                                  So it will take out <ul> and </ul>

This is java language by the way. The regex may work in different languages

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 08:56

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it will pick everything between from the first <ul> to the last </ul>.

<ul>(.*)</ul>

answered Nov 14 '13 at 08:56

Sabuj Hassan

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