Regular expression for span

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How to use regular expressions to parse HTML in Java?

From the following code, I want to extract HREF based on span item. Suppose I give input as "Home", then I should be able to get the href before it. What is the regular expression for the same in Java

This is the HTML code

<a class="first navibar_link" href="/mnetbank/servlet/Main?prefix=0003015106-680870747659702266"><span>Home</span></a>

I don't know, but I only see "Home" as "This is the HTML code" ... I guess it was just an accident. — Fildor, Oct 21 '11 at 06:28
I see. He should'nt use regex. He should try with an xml-Parser. — Fildor, Oct 21 '11 at 06:32
Guys thanks for ur replies. Actually I posted only limited content. Not the complete HTML code. If I can get it from this HTML code also would be fine. is there any regular expression for the same? — EnthuDeveloper, Oct 21 '11 at 06:40
This question is asked very very often. I see it nearly every day. Just look at the Related section at the right of the page. The answer is invariably : don't use regexes to parse HTML. — JB Nizet, Oct 21 '11 at 06:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '11 at 06:39

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Don't use regular expressions for extracting data from HTML, it's too complicated to get it right. Use Jsoup instead.

answered Oct 21 '11 at 06:39

Roland Illig

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Regular expression for span

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