Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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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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Test String

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)(\(\'DB_NAME\'\,\s\')([a-z]*)(\'\)\;)" Local $sString = "<?php" & @CRLF & _ "define('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false);// This setting was defined by WordPress Toolkit to prevent WordPress auto-updates. Do not change it to avoid conflicts with the WordPress Toolkit auto-updates feature." & @CRLF & _ "/**" & @CRLF & _ " * The base configuration for WordPress" & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * The wp-config.php creation script uses this file during the" & @CRLF & _ " * installation. You don't have to use the web site, you can" & @CRLF & _ " * copy this file to "wp-config.php" and fill in the values." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * This file contains the following configurations:" & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * * MySQL settings" & @CRLF & _ " * * Secret keys" & @CRLF & _ " * * Database table prefix" & @CRLF & _ " * * ABSPATH" & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php" & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * @package WordPress" & @CRLF & _ " */" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //" & @CRLF & _ "/** The name of the database for WordPress */" & @CRLF & _ "define('DB_NAME', '--------------');" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/** MySQL database username */" & @CRLF & _ "define('DB_USER', '--------------');" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/** MySQL database password */" & @CRLF & _ "define('DB_PASSWORD', '--------------');" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/** MySQL hostname */" & @CRLF & _ "define('DB_HOST', 'srv-pleskdb15.ps.kz:--------------');" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */" & @CRLF & _ "define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */" & @CRLF & _ "define('DB_COLLATE', '');" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/**#@+" & @CRLF & _ " * Authentication Unique Keys and Salts." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * Change these to different unique phrases!" & @CRLF & _ " * You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ WordPress.org secret-key service}" & @CRLF & _ " * You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * @since 2.6.0" & @CRLF & _ " */" & @CRLF & _ "define('AUTH_KEY', '=======================================================');" & @CRLF & _ "define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', '=======================================================');" & @CRLF & _ "define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', '=======================================================');" & @CRLF & _ "define('NONCE_KEY', '=======================================================');" & @CRLF & _ "define('AUTH_SALT', '=======================================================');" & @CRLF & _ "define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', '=======================================================');" & @CRLF & _ "define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', '=======================================================');" & @CRLF & _ "define('NONCE_SALT', '=======================================================');" & @CRLF & _ "/**#@-*/" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/**" & @CRLF & _ " * WordPress Database Table prefix." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each" & @CRLF & _ " * a unique prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!" & @CRLF & _ " */" & @CRLF & _ "$table_prefix = 'q3j5sI_';" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/**" & @CRLF & _ " * For developers: WordPress debugging mode." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development." & @CRLF & _ " * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG" & @CRLF & _ " * in their development environments." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * For information on other constants that can be used for debugging," & @CRLF & _ " * visit the Codex." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress" & @CRLF & _ " */" & @CRLF & _ "define('WP_DEBUG', false);" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */" & @CRLF & _ "if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )" & @CRLF & _ " define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */" & @CRLF & _ "require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "define ('FS_METHOD', 'direct');" & @CRLF & _ "?>" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYFULLMATCH) ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($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