I want to remove character other than letters and number between two symbol which are < and > with empty string. The string is <F=*A*B*C*>
(?<=F=|\G(?!^))[A-Za-z1-9]*\K[^A-Za-z1-9]+
//output:<F=ABC
(?:^<F=(?=.+>$)|\G(?!^))[A-Za-z1-9]*\K[^A-Za-z1-9]+
//output:<F=ABC
This regex pattern capture last closing tag too and removed it (<F=ABC). How to make it stop at specific symbol and avoid it from capture last closing tag.
When I add > in [^A-Za-z1-9], it can remove characters other than > symbol correctly.
(?<=F=|\G(?!^))[A-Za-z1-9]*\K[^A-Za-z1-9>]+
//output: <F=ABC>// desired result
what is correct way to define stop matching start from this symbol? Thank you.
You can use
(?:\G(?!^)|<F=)[^<>]*?\K[^A-Za-z0-9<>]+(?=[^<>]*>)
See the regex demo.
Details:
(?:\G(?!^)|<F=) - either the end of the previous match or <F= text[^<>]*? - any zero or more chars other than < and >, as few as possible\K - match reset operator that discards the text matched so far from the overall match memory buffer[^A-Za-z0-9<>]+ - one or more chars other than ASCII letters/digits and < and > chars(?=[^<>]*>) - immiediately on the right, there must be zero or more chars other than < and > and then a > char.