Regex matching multiple lines in one match group

Question

I've got the following string:

<div>Some headline - list 1<br />
&gt; List item 1<br />
&gt; List item 2<br />
&gt; List item 3<br />
<br />
List 2<br />
&gt; foo<br />
&gt; bar<br />
&gt; baz<br />
<br />
&nbsp;</div>

It contains two maleformed lists. It is my goal to wrap the items of these lists into <ul> . To accomplish that, I am looking for a regex that matches all Items of each list into one match group.

So my expected result would be:

&gt; List item 1<br />
&gt; List item 2<br />
&gt; List item 3<br />

and

&gt; foo<br />
&gt; bar<br />
&gt; baz<br />

All regex magic I tired failed because they did match only a single line of the list, or the match group was including all the content between the beginning of the first list and the end of the last one.

I've tried ~&gt; (.*)<br />\\s~gis ~&gt; (.*)<br />\\s~gis which matches both of the lists.

Answer 1

You can try this regex, To capture only the Lists.,

Im using java regex.,

(&gt; .*(?:<br\s/>\s+List\s2<br\s/>)?)

It captures these elements.,

&gt; List item 1<br />
&gt; List item 2<br />
&gt; List item 3<br />
&gt; foo<br />
&gt; bar<br />
&gt; baz<br />