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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]
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    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
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    \S
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    \d
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    \D
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    \W
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  • Zero or one of a
    a?
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    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
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    \B

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#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)(>ref\|NC_\d+\|)( \[[^[\]]+\])( \[[^[\]]+\])( \[[^[\]]+\])( \[[^[\]]+\](?: \[[^[\]]+\])*)" Local $sString = ">ref|NC_001133| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=I]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001134| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=II]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001135| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=III]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001136| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=IV]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001137| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=V]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001138| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=VI]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001139| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=VII]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001140| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=VIII]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001141| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=IX]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001142| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=X]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001143| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XI]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001144| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XII]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001145| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XIII]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001146| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XIV]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001147| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XV]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001148| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XVI]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ">ref|NC_001224| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [location=mitochondrion] [top=circular]" Local $sSubst = ">\5\2\3\4[\1]" Local $sResult = StringRegExpReplace($sString, $sRegex, $sSubst) MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Result", $sResult)

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