match only if first part of regex matched code example

Example 1: regex match to first instance

/[^;]*/

# matches every character before the first ;

Example 2: regex find first instace

adding ".*?" To a answer makes it non greedy

running <h2)*?>

on

<h2 style="text-align: center;">heading</h2>

will return <h2 style="text-align: center;">