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The best answer on StackOverflow: Using RegEx to parse HTML (stackoverflow.com)
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[โ€“] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is this valid HTML? My understanding is that that attribute value needs to be escaped, i.e <value of \"myattribute\">.

[โ€“] moriquende@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The quote must not be escaped when you start with a single quote. The rest doesn't. This is valid and tested: <img alt='my "<img>"'>