Regular Expressions 101

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  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

Regular Expression
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r"
"
gm

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#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)(?<=\w)(?<!\w-\w)(?: ?-+ ?)+(?=\w)(?!\w-\w)" Local $sString = "<!-- The following should match. Not the dashes in the comment tag, obviously ;P -->" & @CRLF & _ "<h2 class="chapter_title">Chapter 01 -- The Beginning</h2>" & @CRLF & _ "<h2 class="chapter_title">Chapter 02 - The Reckoning</h2>" & @CRLF & _ "<h2 class="chapter_title">Chapter 03 - - The Aftermath</h2>" & @CRLF & _ "<h2 class="chapter_title">Chapter 04--The Conclusion</h2>" & @CRLF & _ "<p>I was having the usual - cheeseburger and a cold beer.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- The following should not match -->" & @CRLF & _ "<p>I was wearing a t-shirt.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p>It was a drunken mix-up</p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p>---</p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p>-----</p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p>- - -</p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p> - - </p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p> - - - </p>" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "&mdash;" 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