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Title Test Details Pattern Title
Expression
^<a\s+href\s*=\s*"http:\/\/([^"]*)"([^>]*)>(.*?(?=<\/a>))<\/a>$
Description
Regexp to find all external links in a HTML string. Can easily be modified to handle all/other links/protocols (like file/https/ftp). Uses lookahead assertions and non-greedy modifier to check for the end </a> but still allow html tags inbetween start and end A tag. Takes into account that there could be linebreaks and other nasty whitespace chars in the middle of the tag. I am using it to find all external links in embedded HTML code and change 1.the target of the link 2.insert a "Leaving Site" logo to illustrate you are leaving site.
Matches
<a href="http://www.mysite.com">my external link</a> | <a href="http:/
Non-Matches
<a href="myinternalpage.html">my internal link</a>
Author Rating: Not yet rated. Anders Rask
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