Regex capture group between two non groups

Question

Updated I'm trying to match all the ['ta] character(s) between two non capture groups like this (static xml):

Example xml

<Monkey xmlns="http://urlhere.com/monkeynamespace">
 <foodType>
  <vegtables>
   <carrots>i don't like carrots, or tomatoes</carrots>
  </vegtables>
 <foodType>   
</Monkey>

And my regex

/(?:(<.*?>))(['ta])(?:(<\/.*?>))/gm

Any ideas? Seems like that regex turns lazy.

If the xml is dynamic; I'll recommend using parser for it. Otherwise; does [this](https://regex101.com/r/aTH2Y0/1) help? — , Jun 03 '20 at 14:41
you aren't accounting for any of the other characters around the `'` "I don" and "t like carrots" — CrayonViolent, Jun 03 '20 at 14:42
[You should not match XML with regexes](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/519360) unless it's generated and you have a full understanding of what that generator is capable of. What happens given `i don't like carrots`? — Adam Katz, Jun 03 '20 at 16:20
@Mandy8055 Nice, but for some reason it's lazy. I was unable to modify it to also capture a `c`, like this `['c]` — Baked Inhalf, Jun 04 '20 at 06:07
Are you trying to match tag values? eg `i don't like carrots` from `i don't like carrots`? What was your intention when you coded `['ta]`? — Bohemian, Jun 04 '20 at 07:07
@Bohemian Trying to match all `t`, `a`, `'` from the string `i don't like carrots, or tomatoes`. Did a small update — Baked Inhalf, Jun 04 '20 at 07:24
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20692837/xml-parser-written-in-pure-javascript-for-embedded-environments — Arijit Mukherjee, Jun 04 '20 at 10:54
@ArijitMukherjee Nice! Let me try it if it works in my closed environment — Baked Inhalf, Jun 04 '20 at 10:59
@ArijitMukherjee Sorry, didn't work -> 'DOMParser is not defined' — Baked Inhalf, Jun 04 '20 at 11:08
no the fiddle the so link it contains a js lib for the same i guess — Arijit Mukherjee, Jun 04 '20 at 12:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '20 at 23:39

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Try this:

['ta](?=[^<>]*<)

See live demo.

It's not bulletproof, but works for your sample and will work for typical xml.

It works by matching ['ta] only when the next angle bracket in the input is a left angle braket.

answered Jun 04 '20 at 23:39

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