Regular Expressions - Refactoring HTML: Improving the Design of Existing Web Applications - page 310

Table A.4. Quantifiers

Pattern Matches Example

</?p> A p start tag or end tag <p>

</p>

<br */> A br start tag containing any number of

spaces before the closing />

<br/>
<br />
<br />

<p.*> A complete p start tag, followed by all

other text through the last > on the
same line

<p>

<p id='c4'>

<p id='c4'>This is text</p>

<a+> Any number of a 's, but no other

characters, in angle brackets

<a>

<aa>

<aaa>

<aaaa>