how to catch regex

Question

I'm trying to find a way to make a list of everything between <right>and </> tags
This is my regex:

<right>([^<\/>]*)<\/>?

I'm currently missing this case:

when there is only 1 tag in front: <right>hi
when interlocked <right><right>hello</></> (for the case of nesting, the content inside will be viewed as text, the next card is processed as usual)

it will look like this:

case1:
<div style="text-align: right">
  hi
</>

case2:
<div style="text-align: right">
   <div style="text-align: right">
     hello
   </>
</>

This is where i try regex: https://regex101.com/r/ybO9cV/1
thanks for your help !

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 04 '23 at 15:44

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Mostly bad news. To get the matches that are missing the trailing </> use /<right>([^<\/>]*)(<\/>)?/g

The nesting requirement cannot be satisfied with regex - can-regular-expressions-be-used-to-match-nested-patterns

answered Feb 04 '23 at 15:44

John Williams

Can you help me fix this case? `hello>>` It seems that if nested, the last tag `>` will be ignored https://regex101.com/r/29S8H0/1 – Duc Vo Feb 05 '23 at 15:45
You can’t use regex for nested – John Williams Feb 05 '23 at 16:56

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