Regex windows registry match in HTML document

Question

I have registry values that appear in the HTML document. I try to mark every registry entry that appears in the example. The problem is where the <br> character

https://regex101.com/r/BgNjh6/5

[Obligatory suggestion to not use regex on HTML](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags) — VLAZ, Feb 07 '19 at 08:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '19 at 08:41

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Maybe try using a lookahead:

HKEY_\S+(?=<\/)

Example:

https://regex101.com/r/BgNjh6/3

answered Feb 07 '19 at 08:41

l'L'l

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Thanks. I also have a problem with the tag. please take a look: https://regex101.com/r/BgNjh6/5 – bugnet17 Feb 07 '19 at 09:03
For that you'll probably want something such as [`HKEY_\S+?(?=<\/|
)`](https://regex101.com/r/BgNjh6/6) – l'L'l Feb 07 '19 at 09:28

Dhruvil21_04 · Answer 2 · 2019-02-07T09:05:04.590

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Tested. Should Work

/HKEY_\S+(?=<\/)/g

?=< is called Positive Lookahead Assertion. It matches everything before itself unless you provide boundary.

edited Feb 07 '19 at 09:05

answered Feb 07 '19 at 08:52

Dhruvil21_04

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Thanks. I also have a problem with the tag. please take a look: regex101.com/r/BgNjh6/5 – bugnet17 Feb 07 '19 at 09:03
what is your expectation? – Dhruvil21_04 Feb 07 '19 at 09:13
post your question in stackoverflow – Dhruvil21_04 Feb 07 '19 at 09:14

Regex windows registry match in HTML document

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