Regular Expressions 101

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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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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)var\s(\w+)\s?\=\s?(\d+|\"[^\n"]*\"|\'[^\n']*\')\s?\;" Local $sString = "<html>" & @CRLF & _ "<head>~~</head>" & @CRLF & _ "<body>" & @CRLF & _ " <div>contents</div>" & @CRLF & _ " <script>" & @CRLF & _ "var value1 = 55;var value2= 27;" & @CRLF & _ "var value3 = 'T';var value4 = "FIT#$%SIZE";" & @CRLF & _ "var value5 = '{\"P00000WJ000E\":{\"stock_price\":\"0.00\",\"use_stock\":true,\"use_soldout\":\"T\",\"is_display\":\"T\",\"is_selling\":\"T\",\"option_price\":79000,\"option_name\":\"FIT#$%SIZE\",\"option_value\":\"NOBLE-44\",\"stock_number\":26,\"option_value_orginal\":[\"NOBLE\",\"44\"],\"use_stock_original\":\"T\",\"use_soldout_original\":\"T\",\"use_soldout_today_delivery\":\"F\",\"is_auto_soldout\":\"F\",\"is_mandatory\":\"T\",\"option_id\":\"000E\",\"is_reserve_stat\":\"N\",\"item_image_file\":null,\"origin_option_added_price\":\"0.00\"}}';var value6 = '1';var value7 = 'string;must-catch';" & @CRLF & _ "var value8 = 8;" & @CRLF & _ "var value9 = 'S';" & @CRLF & _ "var value10 = 'T';" & @CRLF & _ " </script>" & @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