Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

/
/
gism

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 = "(?ism)<body>(.*?)<\/body>" Local $sString = "" & @CRLF & _ "<!doctype html>" & @CRLF & _ "<head>" & @CRLF & _ " <meta charset="utf-8">" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="description" content="">" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="author" content="">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <link href="http://localhost//themes/default/../dashboard/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://localhost//assets/cache/default_product_groups_product_groups_mod.css" media="screen" />" & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://localhost//favicon.ico">" & @CRLF & _ "</head>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<body>" & @CRLF & _ " <p dir='rtl'>" & @CRLF & _ " <a target='_blank' href='https://zuz.mx/2e5y'>לרכישה מכאן במחיר 37.01$</a>" & @CRLF & _ " </p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <input id="base_url_special" type="hidden" name="base_url_special" value="http://localhost//"/>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</body>" & @CRLF & _ "<script src="http://localhost//themes/default/js/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<script src="http://localhost//assets/cache/default_fetchPG_product_groups_mod.js?_dt=1492617362" type="text/javascript"></script>" & @CRLF & _ "<script src="http://localhost//themes/default/../dashboard/js/bootstrap.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</body>" & @CRLF & _ "</html>" 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