What's the difference between
(.+?)<\/p> and (?<=
)(.+?)(?=<\/p>) in regex

Question

These two expressions match some elements different, I don't understand why. The task is to match a text between  and . But one test fails and I can not see it. Where is the problem?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '17 at 13:33

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If you have for example such string: asdqwezxc

The (.+?)<\/p> will find:

<p>qwe</p>

And the (?<=)(.+?)(?=<\/p>) will find:

qwe

answered Feb 23 '17 at 13:33

Pavlo Plynko

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What's the difference between (.+?)<\/p> and (?<=)(.+?)(?=<\/p>) in regex

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What's the difference between
(.+?)<\/p> and (?<=
)(.+?)(?=<\/p>) in regex