RegEx Remove the Last Match Only

[NZ Select]

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      <td> </td
        <p>ITEMS</p>
      </td> </td
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td> </td
        <p>INDEX</p>
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Is it possible to create a RegEx code to capture the last </td ?

My current code is

\ </td.*?

It matches the first td as well, such as
</td> </td

Thanks in advance!

[astrosofista]

@NZ-Select

Yes, by taking advantage of the greediness of * symbol. Try the following:

Search: (?s).*\K</td.*?
Replace: [leave empty]

Put the caret at the very beginning of the document, select the Regular Expression mode and click only on Replace All.

Have fun!

[Alan Kilborn]

@NZ-Select :

There’s a technique to find the last match in a file, presented HERE. You might give that a try.