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
  • 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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Test String

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?im)^(.*)@(gmai|ggmail|gmial|gmaol|gmil|iclould|gmeil|iclouds|icoud|hotmial|yahio|gmell|hotmil|gmailz|iclound|gmaio|gmile|gmaul|iclud|gmsil|gamil|ail|gnail|yhoo|gmal|gmaill|yaho|yshoo|gimail|gemail|gmail\.com)\.(com)$" Local $sString = "a@gmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmai.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmial.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmaol.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmil.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@iclould.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmeil.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@iclouds.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@icoud.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@ggmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@hotmial.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@yahio.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmell.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@hotmil.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmailz.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@iclound.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmaio.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmile.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmaul.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@iclould.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@gmaul.com" & @CRLF & _ "ssssa@iclud.com" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "gmsil.com" & @CRLF & _ "yahoo.con" & @CRLF & _ "gamil.com" & @CRLF & _ "gmail.co" & @CRLF & _ "ail.com" & @CRLF & _ "gnail.com" & @CRLF & _ "gmal.com" & @CRLF & _ "gail.com" & @CRLF & _ "yhoo.com" & @CRLF & _ "hmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "gmaill.com" & @CRLF & _ "yaho.com" & @CRLF & _ "yshoo.com" & @CRLF & _ "g.mail.com" & @CRLF & _ "yahoo.co" & @CRLF & _ "g-mail.com" & @CRLF & _ "gmail.comm" & @CRLF & _ "gmail.vom" & @CRLF & _ "icloud.con" & @CRLF & _ "hotmail.con" & @CRLF & _ "gimail.com" & @CRLF & _ "gmail.cim" & @CRLF & _ "gemail.com" & @CRLF & _ "gmail.com.com" 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