Regular Expressions 101

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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
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    \D
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    \w
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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    (...)
  • 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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gmxsJ

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?mxsJ)(?<katex_all>" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\\|\$)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_open>" & @CRLF & _ " \${2}" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " \${1}" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " (?!\$)" & @CRLF & _ " \n?" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_content>.+?)\n?" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\\|\$)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_close>\g{katex_open})" & @CRLF & _ " (?!\$)" & @CRLF & _ " \n?" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\\)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_open>\\\[)" & @CRLF & _ " \n?" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_content>.+?)\n?" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\\)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_close>" & @CRLF & _ " \\\]" & @CRLF & _ " )\n?" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\\)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_open>\\\()" & @CRLF & _ " \n?" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_content>.+?)\n?" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\\)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<katex_close>" & @CRLF & _ " \\\)" & @CRLF & _ " )\n?" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ ")" Local $sString = "$$" & @CRLF & _ "\Gamma(z) = \int_0^\infty t^{z-1}e^{-t}dt\,." & @CRLF & _ "$$" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "This is some text $math \frac12$" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "other text $\unsupported$" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Other node \[ displaymath \\[\\] \frac{1}{2} \] blah" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "$$ \int_2^3 $$" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "more text \(and math\) blah" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "And $math with a" & @CRLF & _ " \$ sign$." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "This should not match↓" & @CRLF & _ "$$$" & @CRLF & _ "\Gamma(z) = \int_0^\infty t^{z-1}e^{-t}dt\,." & @CRLF & _ "$$$" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "This should not match either" & @CRLF & _ "$$" & @CRLF & _ "\Gamma(z) = \int_0^\infty t^{z-1}e^{-t}dt\,." & @CRLF & _ "$" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYGLOBALFULLMATCH) Local $aFullArray[0] For $i = 0 To UBound($aArray) -1 _ArrayConcatenate($aFullArray, $aArray[$i]) Next $aArray = $aFullArray ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Result")

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