regex does not match if string contains spaces

Question

I'm using regex js\w*=\"[^\"]+\" to match and replace tags in HTML that begin with js like jsname="name" jscontroller="somecontroller" etc.

Problem is, if there are spaces before and after the = sign it matches nothing. How can this be solved?

This matches fine jsname="name" jscontroller="somecontroller"

This does not match but should: jsname = "name" jscontroller = "somecontroller"

Can you help?

Add `\h*` before and after the equal sign to match for any number of horizontal spaces. — Jeto, Aug 31 '20 at 11:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '20 at 11:51

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Use js\w*\s*=\s*\"[^\"]+\"

answered Aug 31 '20 at 11:51

MLFR2kx

Ok. This works. I was trying `js\w\s*=\"[^\"]+\"` – Norman Aug 31 '20 at 11:56
Happy to hear that. That would be nice to mark this as correct answer. – MLFR2kx Aug 31 '20 at 12:01

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