Regular Expression to find <>

Question

I have a string

"Absolutely<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E64> Friendship goals exceeded here!! Sydney, Melbourne, Connecticut &amp; South Carolina<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E61>\r\n"

I want to separate only the <> part from the string. I tried <.*> but it returned

<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E64> Friendship goals exceeded here!! Sydney, Melbourne, Connecticut &amp; South Carolina<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E61>

I dont want the words between them. I want the output as,

 ["<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E64>", "<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E61>"]

Any help. I'm stuck in python.

Answer 1

You need a negative lookahead . This pattern matches until it finds the first > not followed by a < :

import re

text = "Absolutely<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E64> Friendship goals exceeded here!! Sydney, Melbourne, Connecticut &amp; South Carolina<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E61>\r\n"

pattern = "<.*?>(?!<)"

print re.findall(pattern, text)
#['<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E64>', '<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E61>']

Answer 2

You can use <.*?>(?!<) instead of <.*> .

This is what you may do

s = "Absolutely<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E64> Friendship goals exceeded here!! Sydney, Melbourne, Connecticut &amp; South Carolina<U+653C><U+3E64><U+613C><U+3E30><U+623C><U+3E64><U+653C><U+3E64><U+623C><U+3E31><U+383C><U+3E61>\r\n"

result = re.findall('<.*?>(?!<)',s)