What to do Regular expression pattern doesn’t match anywhere in string?

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I am trying to match <input> type “hidden” fields using this pattern:

/<input type="hidden" name="([^"]*?)" value="([^"]*?)" />/

This is sample form data:

<input type="hidden" name="SaveRequired" value="False" /><input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE1" value="1H4sIAAtzrkX7QfL5VEGj6nGi+nP" /><input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE2" value="0351118MK" /><input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE3" value="ZVVV91yjY" /><input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE0" value="3" /><input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" value="" />

But I am not sure that the type, name, and value attributes will always appear in the same order. If the type attribute comes last, the match will fail because in my pattern it’s at the start.

Question:
How can I change my pattern so it will match regardless of the positions of the attributes in the <input> tag?

P.S.: By the way I am using the Adobe Air based RegEx Desktop Tool for testing regular expressions.

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