REGEX - regex starts with space or ends with space or starts with > and ends with < and has a text 'ghghfg'

Question

I am trying to replace a XML file with few strings. My text can be in the following formats.

>myText<
>This is myText<
>This is myText and I need it changed<

I am trying to build a regex to catch the phrase only in the text of the XML tags so the text should be between > and < tags.

XML is not a regular language. Regular expressions are not the right tool for this job. [Have you tried using an XML parser instead?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/4642212) — Sebastian Simon, Nov 18 '20 at 16:15
Can you share a larger portion of the XML file? In general you should use a parser and XPath but if regex is really the only available tool then sharing more of the file would help. — MonkeyZeus, Nov 18 '20 at 16:15
@user4642212 Albeit comical, that linked answer is utterly useless. — MonkeyZeus, Nov 18 '20 at 16:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 18 '20 at 16:18

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Assuming you're looking for the word myText within tags and wish to capture the entire string inside the tag then try this:

(?<=>)[^<]*myText[^<]*

You did not specify a programming language but if you're using Notepad++ then this should be compatible.

answered Nov 18 '20 at 16:18

MonkeyZeus

I am using JavaScript and my main aim is to just find the string and replace it with another one. – user3432292 Nov 20 '20 at 10:25
This one helps, how can I just select only the string ?. I am getting the entire statement inside > < currently. – user3432292 Nov 20 '20 at 10:37

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