Regular Expression to validate empty anchor with href and not empty anchor with name

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Earlier I was using following RegExp for validating anchor with HREF attribute should have text in it:

//regex for invalid anchor tag like: <a href="#"/> or <a href="#"> </a> 
var pattern = new RegExp('<a [^>]*(/>|>\\s*</a>)', 'g');

Now I have additional validation requirement that it should show valid if anchor with name attribute has no text as shown in folowing example:

<a href="www.google.com">the link</a> Valid
<a href="www.google.com"></a> Invalid
<a name="google">the link</a> Invalid
<a name="google"></a> Valid

Thank you, Greetings.

asked 3 mins ago

user2967957

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