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Regex for matching HTML tag
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regex.txt
!!! DON'T USE REGEX TO PARSE HTML UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO !!!
Match full tag: <\s*(\w+)(?:\s*\w+=(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'))*?\s*>(.*?)<\s*\/\s*\1\s*>
Group 1: tag name
Group 2: tag content
! Uses repeated captures, thus isn't supported by Python's re - use this https://pypi.org/project/regex/ !
Match self-closing tag: <\s*(\w+)(?:\s*\w+=(?:"[^"]*"|:'[^']*'))*?\s*\/\s*>
Group 1: tag name
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