Regex. How to repalce all patterns except one?

Question

I'm new to regular expressions, therefore I need some help.

I have a string. For example:

"Some words <img src="www.test.com">. Next words <a href="www.abc.com">abc</a>"

I want to delete all tags except <a></a>. Can I create one regex or I should to make several regular expression?

Expected output:

"Some words. Next words <a href="www.abc.com">abc</a>"

Don't parse HTML with regex. Use an HTML parser. Also do you really mean [tag:pyth], or [tag:python]? — jonrsharpe, Feb 03 '18 at 17:49
please read [how to ask good questions](https://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve) and yes, a single regexp will work. — LMC, Feb 03 '18 at 17:50
Manipulating HTML with regular expressions is usually not a good idea. Google zalgo chtulhu html. — tripleee, Feb 03 '18 at 17:54
Maybe checkout [Beautiful Soup](https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/). — Stefan Falk, Feb 03 '18 at 19:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '18 at 19:34

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Even though you shouldn't use regex to parse HTML, this regex will capture all the non-<a> tags:

<\/?[^a\/].*?>

answered Feb 03 '18 at 19:34

GalAbra

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