Question

I have a text file containing string

<><> name: idontknow <><><> dob: <>  

I want to get only the strings name and dob but with the regex i am getting <> name and <><> dob.
The regex pattern which i used is

(?<=>).*?(?=:)  

Any suggestion would be a great help.

Answer 1

You want to match characters apart from < or >. You can use a negated character class instead of using . which matches anything:

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

See it working online: rubular