Regex Non-Greedy (Lazy)

Question

I\'m attempting to non-greedily parse out TD tags. I\'m starting with something like this:

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Answer 1

The regex you want is <TD[^>]*>:

<     # Match opening tag
TD    # Followed by TD
[^>]* # Followed by anything not a > (zero or more)
>     # Closing tag

Note: . matches anything (including whitespace) so [.\s]*? is redundant and wrong as [.] matches a literal . so use .*?.

Answer 2

For non greedy match, try this <TD.*?>

Answer 3

From https://regex101.com/

• * Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
• *? Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as few times as possible, expanding as needed (lazy)