Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
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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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/
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 $sRegex = "(?m)^2$" Local $sString = "# ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ " & @CRLF & _ "# | _ )_ ) __| / __| __ _ _ ___ ___ _ _ | _ \___ ___" & @CRLF & _ "# | _ \/ /\__ \ \__ \/ _| '_/ -_) -_) ' \| / -_|_-<" & @CRLF & _ "# |___/___|___/__|___/\__|_| \___\___|_||_|_|_\___/__/" & @CRLF & _ "# |_ _| __| \/ | _ \ | /_\_ _| __| " & @CRLF & _ "# | | | _|| |\/| | _/ |__ / _ \| | | _| " & @CRLF & _ "# |_| |___|_| |_|_| |____/_/ \_\_| |___| " & @CRLF & _ "# " & @CRLF & _ "# PLEASE MODIFY FOR YOUR OWN USAGE" & @CRLF & _ "# Playfield Screen resolution width/height" & @CRLF & _ "1920" & @CRLF & _ "1080" & @CRLF & _ "# Backglass Screen resolution width/height" & @CRLF & _ "1280" & @CRLF & _ "1024" & @CRLF & _ "# Define Backglass using Display Devicename screen number (\\.\DISPLAY)x or screen coordinates (@x) or screen index (=x)" & @CRLF & _ "2" & @CRLF & _ "# x position For the backglass relative To the upper left corner Of the Playfield screen" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "# y position For the backglass On the selected display (Normally left at 0)" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "# width/height Of the DMD area In pixels - For 3 screen setup" & @CRLF & _ "551" & @CRLF & _ "189" & @CRLF & _ "# X/Y position Of the DMD area relative To the upper left corner Of the backglass screen - For 3 screen setup" & @CRLF & _ "367" & @CRLF & _ "813" & @CRLF & _ "# Y-flip, flips the LED display upside down" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "# X/Y position pos When StartBackground Is active, relative To upper left corner Of Playfield ('Small' Button In the Options)" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "# width/height Of the backglass When StartBackground Is active" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "# C:\path\Frame (The path To the location where you have the background image)" & @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