Python regex: text between tag

Question

I know I got BeautifulSoup, But I want to try my own.

<br>This Text needed
<a>unwanted text</a>
<br/>
This text needed
<a >unwanted text</a>
 This text needed
<a>unwanted text</a>
<br>this text needed

What I have come up with:

(</a>|(<br(/>|>)))(\s.*|\w.*)

I want to match the This text needed but one of them isn't matching.

On the second line it detects `` and `
` from the third line but not after that — Ena jaqis, Mar 07 '19 at 08:39
And what should I add to match the text to my regex and thanks — Ena jaqis, Mar 07 '19 at 08:48
example for php: [`~(?:
\s*|?a>\s*)\K[\pL\s]+(?:(?=]*>)|$)~`](https://regex101.com/r/9SgJC2/3) — Эдуард, Mar 07 '19 at 08:52
*"I know I got BeautifulSoup, But I want to try my own."* No. Use BeautifulSoup. There is a reason why people keep recommending it. — Tomalak, Mar 07 '19 at 09:01
Also see: [Why it's not possible to use regex to parse HTML/XML: a formal explanation in layman's terms](https://stackoverflow.com/q/6751105/18771). — Tomalak, Mar 07 '19 at 09:03
@Tomalak https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55020485/beautifulsoup-python-get-the-text-with-no-tags-and-get-the-adjacent-links/55021005#55021005 then help me with this — Ena jaqis, Mar 07 '19 at 10:44
@Tomalak answer that question if you can and so I don't Have to create new regex — Ena jaqis, Mar 07 '19 at 11:14

A l w a y s S u n n y · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-07T12:18:54.533

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How about this way with lookahead negative and lookbehind positive,

(?<!<a>)This Text needed(?!<\/a>)

DEMO: https://regex101.com/r/RT5LZu/1

edited Mar 07 '19 at 12:18

answered Mar 07 '19 at 09:00

Recommending regex for HTML is an immediate downvote. – Tomalak Mar 07 '19 at 09:00
@Tomalak sorry sir I didn't know that – A l w a y s S u n n y Mar 07 '19 at 09:03
It's giving genuinely bad advice to people who don't know any better, and this is the exact opposite of what Stack Overflow should do. – Tomalak Mar 07 '19 at 09:05
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I got your back @Always Sunny – Ena jaqis Mar 07 '19 at 11:13

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