RegEx Match a string and capture the following string until following tag

Question

I am trying to capture a part of a string using RegEx but can't i can capture the string itself but not the following string.

Here is the html source i would like to capture from:

<div class="FindBoxTopL fl_left">
<b>Salary: </b> $10.00 <br>
<b>Location: </b> Wisconsin Madison<br>
<b>Country:</b>United States<br>

<b>Contract Type: </b>Part Time<br><b>Closing Date: </b>August 15, 2014<br>
</div>

From the above html i would like to capture: Wisconsin Madison

So i would match the string Location:\s</b> and then capture the string Wisconsin Madison and stop at the page break.

The end capture output would be: Wisconsin Madison

Can anyone help please?

There is a better way to do this, use a parser. What language? — hwnd, Jul 18 '14 at 17:13
[Please remember the usual admonition against using Regex on (X)HTML](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags) — Adam Smith, Jul 18 '14 at 17:13

hwnd · Answer 1 · 2014-07-18T17:32:19.413

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Use the right tool for the job instead of trying to parse HTML using regular expressions. I would take advantage of using the Html Agility Pack which would make this alot easier trying to parse and extract values.

If you still choose to use a regular expression for this, you can use the following:

<b>Location:\s*</b>\s*([^<]*)

Use capturing group #1 to access your match result.

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edited Jul 18 '14 at 17:32

answered Jul 18 '14 at 17:20

hwnd

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '14 at 17:13

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Use this regex :

/(?<=Location:\s\<\/b\>\s)(.+?)(?=\<br\>)/g

Explanations :

(?<=Location:\s\<\/b\>\s) : lookbehind, your string must follow Location </b>
(?=\<br\>) : lookahead, your string must be followed by <br>

Regular expression visualization

Try it !

answered Jul 18 '14 at 17:13

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This matches but does not capture the string Wisconsin Madison – Mannie Singh Jul 18 '14 at 17:16

RegEx Match a string and capture the following string until following tag

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