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this <span>pattern</span> captures all <span>outermost <span>(not nested)</span> balanced span tags</span>, so if we leave a span tag open, <span>it won't be captured

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Index	Position	Matched String	$1	$2	$3	${open}	${close}
0	5	<span>pattern</span>	<span>pattern</span>	<span>pattern	</span>	empty string	pattern
1	39	<span>outermost <span>(not nested)</span> balanced span tags</span>	<span>outermost <span>(not nested)</span> balanced span tags</span>	<span>(not nested) 2 captures <span>outermost <span>(not nested)	balanced span tags</span> 2 captures </span> balanced span tags</span>	empty string	outermost <span>(not nested)</span> balanced span tags 2 captures (not nested) outermost <span>(not nested)</span> balanced span tags

this <span>pattern</span> captures all <span>outermost <span>(not nested)</span> balanced span tags</span>, so if we leave a span tag open, <span>it won't be captured

this
pattern
pattern
pattern
captures all
outermost (not nested) balanced span tags
(not nested)
balanced span tags
outermost (not nested) balanced span tags
, so if we leave a span tag open, it won't be captured