Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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  • 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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)\\"\d{1,3}cm\\"" Local $sString = ""<?xml version=\"1.0\" standalone=\"no\"?>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" version=\"1.1\" width=\"1250cm\" height=\"1250cm\">"," & @CRLF & _ ""<desc>9W43OV00W8JKMA1IJNEYAM1WTG9AZH8K10LC</desc>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<g id=\"HMLW03D1BYIQ\" fill=\"red\">"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"252cm\" y=\"252cm\" width=\"252cm\" height=\"252cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"72cm\" y=\"72cm\" width=\"72cm\" height=\"72cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"131cm\" y=\"131cm\" width=\"131cm\" height=\"131cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"228cm\" y=\"228cm\" width=\"228cm\" height=\"228cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"240cm\" y=\"240cm\" width=\"240cm\" height=\"240cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"232cm\" y=\"232cm\" width=\"232cm\" height=\"232cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"192cm\" y=\"192cm\" width=\"192cm\" height=\"192cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"0cm\" y=\"0cm\" width=\"0cm\" height=\"0cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"0cm\" y=\"0cm\" width=\"0cm\" height=\"0cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"0cm\" y=\"0cm\" width=\"0cm\" height=\"0cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"65cm\" y=\"65cm\" width=\"65cm\" height=\"65cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"81cm\" y=\"81cm\" width=\"81cm\" height=\"81cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"65cm\" y=\"65cm\" width=\"65cm\" height=\"65cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"80cm\" y=\"80cm\" width=\"80cm\" height=\"80cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"82cm\" y=\"82cm\" width=\"82cm\" height=\"82cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""<rect x=\"81cm\" y=\"81cm\" width=\"81cm\" height=\"81cm\"/>"," & @CRLF & _ ""</g>"" 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