title: Ignore First Character in Regex Match
body: <p>I need to ignore the <code>&gt;</code> in my regular expression in the beginning.</p>
  
  <p>My regular expression:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/(&gt;(.+)(?=&lt;\/a&gt;))/igm
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Matches the following:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YhDwS.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>How do I tell it to ignore the <code>&gt;</code> in the beginning?</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.regexr.com/39339" rel="noreferrer">Here</a> is the regular expression on regexr.com.</p>