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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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

Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)^(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|P[AR]|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AIT]|W[AIVY])$" Local $sString = "AK" & @CRLF & _ "AL" & @CRLF & _ "AR" & @CRLF & _ "AZ" & @CRLF & _ "CA" & @CRLF & _ "CO" & @CRLF & _ "CT" & @CRLF & _ "DE" & @CRLF & _ "FL" & @CRLF & _ "GA" & @CRLF & _ "HI" & @CRLF & _ "IA" & @CRLF & _ "ID" & @CRLF & _ "IL" & @CRLF & _ "IN" & @CRLF & _ "KS" & @CRLF & _ "KY" & @CRLF & _ "LA" & @CRLF & _ "MA" & @CRLF & _ "MD" & @CRLF & _ "ME" & @CRLF & _ "MI" & @CRLF & _ "MN" & @CRLF & _ "MO" & @CRLF & _ "MS" & @CRLF & _ "MT" & @CRLF & _ "NC" & @CRLF & _ "ND" & @CRLF & _ "NE" & @CRLF & _ "NH" & @CRLF & _ "NJ" & @CRLF & _ "NM" & @CRLF & _ "NV" & @CRLF & _ "NY" & @CRLF & _ "OH" & @CRLF & _ "OK" & @CRLF & _ "OR" & @CRLF & _ "PA" & @CRLF & _ "RI" & @CRLF & _ "SC" & @CRLF & _ "SD" & @CRLF & _ "TN" & @CRLF & _ "TX" & @CRLF & _ "UT" & @CRLF & _ "VA" & @CRLF & _ "VT" & @CRLF & _ "WA" & @CRLF & _ "WI" & @CRLF & _ "WV" & @CRLF & _ "WY" 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