Implementing a string exclusion in regex

Question

What regex rule would drop the preceding "> " (greater than symbol followed by a space).

> Bay of Pigs

translates to

Bay of Pigs

I have tried:

[^>\s]

which has not worked

Sufiyan Ghori · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-29 04:37:52Z

1

You can use positive look-behind,

(?<=>\s).*

Positive Look-behind

(?<=...) Ensures that the given pattern will match, ending at the current position in the expression. The pattern must have a fixed width. Does not consume any characters.

Concisely, it matches anything after > and a space character \s

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edited Oct 29, 2018 at 4:37

answered Oct 29, 2018 at 4:32

Sufiyan Ghori

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ptrcao Over a year ago

Can you explain what the <= means?

Sufiyan Ghori Over a year ago

its positive look-behind I have added explanation.

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