regular expression problem

[Pokkai Dokkai]

string="something <a a> somethig <a a> something"

now i want to change /<a.*a>/ to "tag"
i want result like this

string="something tag somethig tag something"

but when i try

string =~ /<a.*a>/ # here $& --->"<a a> somethig <a a>"
$`+'tag'+$' # 'something tag something'

how can i change each tag ?

any idea ?

 

[Peña, Botp]

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[Pokkai Dokkai]

:009:0> string.gsub(/<a.*?a>/,'tag')
=> "something tag somethig tag something"

kind regards -botp

thanks