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Asked: 2026-05-12T06:06:16+00:00

How would you find the value of string that is repeated and the data

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How would you find the value of string that is repeated and the data between it using regexes? For example, take this piece of XML:

<tagName>Data between the tag</tagName>

What would be the correct regex to find these values? (Note that tagName could be anything).

I have found a way that works that involves finding all the tagNames that are inbetween a set of < > and then searching for the first instance of the tagName from the opening tag to the end of the string and then finding the closing </tagName> and working out the data from between them. However, this is extremely inefficient and complex. There must be an easier way!

EDIT: Please don’t tell me to use XMLReader; I doubt I will ever use my custom class for reading XML, I am trying to learn the best way to do it (and the wrong ways) through attempting to make my own.

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use: <(\w+)>(.*?)<\/\1>

    Group #1 is the tag, Group #2 is the content.

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