why does ^" match the less then sign ?

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I was just going this answer HERE, and i was just playing arouund with the regex in the answer until i reduced one of the regexs to the following:

([^"])

And then i add the below string:

<img src="/sites/ContentCenter/Graphics/map-al.jpg" alt="map al" style="width&#58;611px;height&#58;262px;" />&#160;<br></p><p><br></p><p>

To check against the above regex , SEE HERE , now the above regex mathces the < of the img tag , why do ? why does ([^"]) match the < in the image tag ? can somebody explain ?

`[^"]` means a character that isn't `"`, so loads of characters will match — MDEV, Jul 09 '16 at 16:30
The regex101.com link that you shared even explains this on the right side. — elixenide, Jul 09 '16 at 16:35

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 09 '16 at 16:31

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([^"])

Is a group (()) of a character from class every-character-except-double-quote so it can match anything except the double quote, even <.

answered Jul 09 '16 at 16:31

Krzysztof Krasoń

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why does ^" match the less then sign ?

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