Posted by Mike Ford on 01/14/05 13:55

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Morehouse
> Sent: 13/01/05 21:06
>
> I normally can take a bit of regex fun, but not this time.
>
> Simple enough, in theory... I need to match (count) all of the bold
> tags
>
> in a string, including ones with embedded styles (or whatever else can
> go in there). <b> and <b style="color:red">. My attempts keep
> matching <br> as well.

Just off the top of my head (and untested!), I'd try something like

/<b(\s+[^>]*)?>/

Cheers!

Mike

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