Regex Get Text Between 2 Words

Question

I need to put one word and obtain the html tag with the word inclusive. Example:

Text input: Madhuparna

I need to obtain:

June 5, 2021 By Madhuparna
bla bla bla Madhuparna bla bla bla

Test text:

The entire purpose speed up the process.June 5, 2021 By Madhuparna\r\nThe entire purpose of a terminal emulator is to imitate how the regular computer terminals perform and allowing the main computer to connect to and use a remote computer through a command-line or a graphical interface. The terminal emulators are known to carry out the functions using the software.\r\n<a>It allows file transfer between the main and the remote computer using SSH (Secure Shell) and also enables the host system to execute applications on the remote system. While it features a graphical user interface, programmers rather prefer the text-based interface to gain more control over all functions and speed up the process.</a>bla bla bla Madhuparna bla bla bla

What I do for now but not work:

<(\S*?)[^>]*>.*?Madhuparna.*?<\/\1>|<.*?\/>

Simon K · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-26T00:39:01.173

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please try the following:

*edit - getting slightly messier now (and quite "hacky")...

/<([pali]{1,2})>[^<>]*Madhuparna[^<>]*<\/\1>/g

Probably not entirely optimised but does the job as per your sample.

This assumes that the only tags you are encountering (as per your sample) are  and <a> but please update the first capturing group ([pa]) of the regex if needed.

Proof here: https://regex101.com/r/16jjLn/1 - (updated)

The explanation panel on the link above will explain what the regex is doing.

edited Jun 26 '21 at 00:39

answered Jun 25 '21 at 23:34

Simon K

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If i have
? what I need to modify? I put [pal] but don't work

Dragonasu

Jun 26 '21 at 00:19

I create this and look good: <(p|a|li)>[^<>]*Madhuparna[^<>]*<\/\1> – Dragonasu Jun 26 '21 at 00:39

How can I do if I need: Find in text the last word "Madhuparna" then get text from left the first [pali]{1,2} to the last or in the text. Text input example:

bla bla bla

June 5, 2021 By Madhuparna

Use a remote computer

Result that I need:

June 5, 2021 By Madhuparna

Use a remote computer

– Dragonasu Jun 28 '21 at 08:21

Boris · Answer 2 · 2021-06-26T01:11:35.960

I have just tested this. It's working well. Please try this again.

/<(\S+)(>| .*?>)[^<>]*Madhuparna[^<>]*<\/\1>/g

I have just changed your test text like this.

<p>The entire purpose speed up the process.</p>
<p class="test">June 5, 2021 By Madhuparna</p>
<p >The entire purpose of a terminal emulator is to imitate how the regular computer terminals perform and allowing the main computer to connect to and use a remote computer through a command-line or a graphical interface. The terminal emulators are known to carry out the functions using the software.</p>
<a>It allows file transfer between the main and the remote computer using SSH (Secure Shell) and also enables the host system to execute applications on the remote system. While it features a graphical user interface, programmers rather prefer the text-based interface to gain more control over all functions and speed up the process.</a>
<span>bla bla bla Madhuparna bla bla bla</span>

This can be applied to all tags.

I'm not sure if this is right for you, but I hope it helps you. :)

Don't work because select all text and only i need from tag
to
and contain the selected word: Madhuparna — Dragonasu, Jun 26 '21 at 00:21
You can try again above. If you use attr in a tag, then also works well. and If you just want only
tag, you can use like this. /<([p])(>| .*?>)[^<>]*Madhuparna[^<>]*<\/\1>/g — Boris, Jun 26 '21 at 01:46

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