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HTML Tag

Regex Pattern

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/<\/?([a-z][a-z0-9]*)\b[^>]*>/gi
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Description
Matches both opening and closing tags and captures the tag name in a capture group. It also catches tags with attributes. Used for simple tag extraction or removal; for complex HTML parsing, use a dedicated parser.
Example Matches
<div class="box">
</p>
<img src="a.png">
Test String
<div class="box">text</div><br>
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