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+# 
+# tagCapture.py
+#
+# Simple demo showing how to match HTML tags
+#
+
+from pyparsing import *
+
+src = "this is test <b> bold <i>text</i> </b> normal text "
+
+def matchingCloseTag(other):
+    ret = Forward()
+    ret << anyCloseTag.copy()
+    
+    def setupMatchingClose(tokens):
+        opentag = tokens[0]
+        
+        def mustMatch(tokens):
+            if tokens[0][0].strip('<>/') != opentag:
+                raise ParseException("",0,"")
+                
+        ret.setParseAction(mustMatch)
+        
+    other.addParseAction(setupMatchingClose)
+    
+    return ret
+
+for m in originalTextFor(anyOpenTag + SkipTo(matchingCloseTag(anyOpenTag), 
+                                              include=True,
+                                              failOn=anyOpenTag) ).searchString(src):
+    print m.dump()
+
+for m in originalTextFor(anyOpenTag + SkipTo(matchingCloseTag(anyOpenTag), 
+                                              include=True) ).searchString(src):
+    print m.dump()