Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)(.*?\"\s+)\bOR\b(\s+application.*?)" Local $sString = "(quote.AGE was 24 AND (application.path = "**\acad.exe" OR application.path = "**\dxfdwg.exe" OR application.path = "**\EXCELSIOR.EXE" OR application.path = "**\iges.exe" OR application.path = "**\notepad.exe" OR application.path = "**\run_journal.exe" OR application.path = "**\AcroRd32.exe" OR application.path = "**\dllhost.exe" OR application.path = "**\powerpnt.exe" OR application.path = "**\Edge.exe" OR application.path = "**\step203ug.exe" OR application.path = "**\step214ug.exe" OR application.path = "**\VisView.exe" OR application.path = "**\Teamcenter.exe" OR application.path = "**\ug_convert_part.exe" OR application.path = "**\ugraf.exe" OR application.path = "**\ugtopv.exe" OR application.path = "**\wmplayer.exe" OR application.path = "**\winword.exe" OR application.path = "**\wordpad.exe" OR application.path = "**\vlc.exe" OR application.path = "**\dwgviewr.exe" OR application.name = "RMS" OR application.path = "**\acrobat.exe" OR application.path = "**\Alias.exe" OR application.path = "**\awtessd.exe" OR application.path = "**\proe.exe" OR application.path = "**\STPViewer.exe" OR application.path = "**\gom_inspect.exe" OR application.path = "**\gom_cad_server2.exe" OR application.path = "**\sldworks.exe" OR application.path = "**\sldworks_fs.exe" OR application.path = "**\sldProcMon.exe" OR application.path = "**\AdapplicationMgr.exe" OR application.path = "**\AdapplicationMgrSvc.exe" OR application.path = "**\SE3Dtrans.exe" OR application.path = "**\stamp.exe" OR application.path = "**\psolid.exe" OR application.path = "**\mpid.exe" OR application.path = "**\mpirun.exe" OR application.path = "**\FS.exe" OR application.path = "**\xtop.exe" OR application.path = "**\pro_comm_msg.exe" OR application.path = "**\nmsd.exe" OR application.path = "**\creoagent.exe" OR application.path = "**\parametric.exe" OR application.path = "**\PDFEditor.exe" OR application.path = "**\CNEXT.exe" OR application.path = "**\drafter.exe" OR application.path = "**\convert.exe" OR application.path = "**\ActCut3D.exe" OR application.path = "**\ppcbasic.exe" OR application.path = "**\deltamesh_stamping.exe" OR application.path = "Xasfsf" OR application.path = "sfdsdf"))" Local $sSubst = "$1||$2" Local $sResult = StringRegExpReplace($sString, $sRegex, $sSubst) MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Result", $sResult)

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for AutoIt, please visit: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/StringRegExp.htm