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
No Match

r"
"
gm

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 $sRegex = "(?m)(?m)^(\d\.?[\d.]*? ?[ \-,:\w]+) ?\r?$" Local $sString = "5.2 Marking this is a heading" & @CRLF & _ "All relevant information, as detailed in 5.1, which is to be marked on the equipment, shall be" & @CRLF & _ "specified in the relevant product standard." & @CRLF & _ "Markings shall be indelible and easily legible." & @CRLF & _ "Marking of the manufacturer's name or trademark and type designation or serial number is" & @CRLF & _ "mandatory on the equipment and preferably on the nameplate, if any, in order to permit the" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "MARKING this is a heading" & @CRLF & _ "70 General this is a subheading" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "70.1 Industrial control equipment shall be plainly marked with: this is a heading" & @CRLF & _ "a) The manufacturer’s name, trademark, or other descriptive marking by which the organization" & @CRLF & _ "responsible for the product may be identified – hereinafter referred to as the manufacturer’s" & @CRLF & _ "name;" & @CRLF & _ "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "9 Marking this is a heading" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Advisory Note: In Canada, there are two official languages, English and French. Annex C lists" & @CRLF & _ "acceptable French translations of the markings specified in this standard. All markings required" & @CRLF & _ "by this standard may have to be in other languages to conform with the language requirements" & @CRLF & _ "where the product is to be used." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "9.1 General-purpose marking this is a subheading" & @CRLF & _ "In addition to the marking required for general-purpose equipment, the minimum marking shall" & @CRLF & _ "include the information in 9.2 through 9.11 as applicable. This information shall be readily visible" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "9.1.3 this is also a subheading" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(?m)^(\d+\.\d+\s[ \w,\-]+)\r?$ <--- headings" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(?m)^(\d\.[\d.]+ ?[ \w]+) ?\r?$ <--- subheadings" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(?m)^(\d\.?[\d.]*? ?[ \-,:\w]+) ?\r?$ <--- master" 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