Regex to collect between two characters
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Regex to collect between two characters

A simple regular expression:


<.*?>

. . . will find any characters between the less than and greater than symbols or any other 2 characters placed before and after ’.*?’


As shown in this example, this search can be used to select (or remove) the display names in a list of email addresses.






Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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