in reply to Regex Optional capture doesn't
I think .+ is greedy and eats the rest of the string.
But the regex is forced to backtrack if <(\w+TagIwant\b) is not optional otherwise it concludes happily.
Changing to .+? should solve this.
UPDATE
just tested, not my day. declaring myself officially (mentally) ill.
UPDATE
an elegant solution is buried at the end of this discussion here
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