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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

/
/
gms

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 = "(?ms)((?<=\/23836\*).+?(?=\*23836\/))|((?<=\/23836\/)[^*].+?[\n])" Local $sString = "#include <iostream>" & @CRLF & _ "#include <stdlib.h>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#define MAX 256" & @CRLF & _ "/23836//23836/Definiramo konstanto MAX" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "int main() {" & @CRLF & _ " /23836*Vstopna točka programa" & @CRLF & _ " Ne uporabljamo parametrov pri main, kjer jih ne potrebujemo" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " *23836/" & @CRLF & _ " printf("");/23836/izpis vrednosti konstante MAX" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " return 0;" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "/23836/Končamo z izvajanjem programa" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "/23836//23836/komentar/23836/" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "/23836//23836*Testni komentar/23836/ /23836* /23836/" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "/23836*komentar/23836/nov komentar/test/23836/*23836/" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "/23836*/**Kaj pa ta vzorec?*/23836* /23836**23836/" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(?<=\/23836\/).*?|(?<=\/23836\*)[\S\s]*(?=\*23836\/)/gmU" & @CRLF & _ "((?<=\/23795\*).+?(?=\*23795\/))|((?<=\/23795\/)[^*].+?[\n])" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(?<=\/23836\/).*$|(?<=\/23836\*)(.*$\n.*\n.*\n.*)(?=\*23836\/)|(?<=\/23836\*)(.|\n)*(?=\*23836\/)|(?<=\/23836\*).*(?=\*23836\/)" 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