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
    ^
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    $
  • 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 $sRegex = "(?m)^_?[a-z0-9]+(?:[._+-][a-z0-9]+)*@(?!\d+(?:\.\d+)*$)(?:\w+(?:-\w+)*\.)+\w{2,}$" Local $sString = "###################### Valid Emails ########################################################" & @CRLF & _ "######################## German, Austrian, international ###################################" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "janedoe@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane.doe@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "jdoe@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane-doe@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "doe@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "janed@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "doej@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane_doe@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "j.doe@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane.d@web.de" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "janedoe@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane.doe@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "jdoe@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane-doe@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "janed@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "doej@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane_doe@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "j.doe@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane.d@t-online.de" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "janedoe@hotmail.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane.doe@hotmail.de" & @CRLF & _ "jdoe@hotmail.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane-doe@hotmail.de" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "janedoe@gmx.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane.doe@gmx.de" & @CRLF & _ "jdoe@gmx.de" & @CRLF & _ "jane-doe@gmx.de" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "jane.doe@post.at" & @CRLF & _ "jane-doe@post.at" & @CRLF & _ "janedoe@post.at" & @CRLF & _ "jane@post.at" & @CRLF & _ "john.doe@austrian.com" & @CRLF & _ "horneaudrey@fulbright.at" & @CRLF & _ "email@example.web" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#####################################################################################" & @CRLF & _ "########################## Not valid email ##########################################" & @CRLF & _ ".test@gmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "-test@gmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "t.-.est@gmail.com" & @CRLF & _ ".test.@gmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "test.@gmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "test.@.gmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "test@.gmail.com" & @CRLF & _ "test@.gmail.com." & @CRLF & _ "test@gmail.com." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ""email"@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#@%^%#$@#$@#.com" & @CRLF & _ "@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "Joe Smith <email@example.com>" & @CRLF & _ "email.example.com" & @CRLF & _ "email@example@example.com" & @CRLF & _ ".email@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "email.@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "email..email@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "あいうえお@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "email@example.com (Joe Smith)" & @CRLF & _ "email@example" & @CRLF & _ "email@-example.com" & @CRLF & _ "email@111.222.333.44444" & @CRLF & _ "email@example..com" & @CRLF & _ "Abc..123@example.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