Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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
  • 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

/
/
g

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "((((\d{1,3}\.){2}\d{1,3})\[\.\])(\d{1,3}))\,(\d{1,5})?\/?(\d{1,5})?" Local $sString = "185.106.121[.]118," & @CRLF & _ "133.100.202[.]85,443" & @CRLF & _ "185.106.121[.]66," & @CRLF & _ "82.211.30[.]195," & @CRLF & _ "95.183.53[.]36," & @CRLF & _ "84.200.17[.]144," & @CRLF & _ "107.161.178[.]46,53/443" & @CRLF & _ "190.117.186[.]171,443" & @CRLF & _ "109.230.199[.]54," & @CRLF & _ "87.98.179[.]18,57421" & @CRLF & _ "76.9.60[.]204," & @CRLF & _ "125.214.195[.]17," & @CRLF & _ "131.72.139[.]118," & @CRLF & _ "196.29.166[.]218," & @CRLF & _ "37.228.151[.]133," & @CRLF & _ "37.10.71[.]99," & @CRLF & _ "202.145.16[.]4," & @CRLF & _ "133.94.1[.]3," & @CRLF & _ "163.22.20[.]4," & @CRLF & _ "210.135.90[.]41," & @CRLF & _ "139.18.13[.]2," & @CRLF & _ "212.19.128[.]4," & @CRLF & _ "134.19.176[.]150,7777" & @CRLF & _ "185.101.34[.]122,6478" & @CRLF & _ "185.101.34[.]74,5367" & @CRLF & _ "185.25.51[.]246," & @CRLF & _ "46.100.250[.]10," & @CRLF & _ "62.201.235[.]227," & @CRLF & _ "67.65.229[.]53," & @CRLF & _ "188.165.149[.]249," & @CRLF & _ "208.92.93[.]212," & @CRLF & _ "209.239.123[.]75," & @CRLF & _ "137.175.19[.]153,37779" & @CRLF & _ "http://doladolaladont[.]com," & @CRLF & _ "https://alphanoun[.]bit/forum/ajax.php," & @CRLF & _ "http://coffeol[.]com/fend/raw_server.exe," & @CRLF & _ "http://inpend-traij[.]net/aka.doc," & @CRLF & _ "http://twlnco[.]com/gskf/online.php," & @CRLF & _ "https://a.pomf[.]cat/wryvpl.exe," & @CRLF & _ "https://filesblog[.]bit/blog/ajax.php," & @CRLF & _ "http://egonbute.duckdns[.]org,5588" & @CRLF & _ "http://kampolento.ddns[.]net,1825" & @CRLF & _ "http://memeku.ddns[.]net,1825" & @CRLF & _ "http://sap.misapor[.]ch,443" & @CRLF & _ "http://update.toythieves[.]com,8080" & @CRLF & _ "http://workhard231.hopto[.]org,7070/8821" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.eye-watch[.]in," & @CRLF & _ "https://channel.jetos[.]com,443" & @CRLF & _ "https://mcf.otzo[.]com,443" & @CRLF & _ "https://onlink.epac[.]to,443" & @CRLF & _ "https://repview.ignorelist[.]com,443" & @CRLF & _ "https://sap.misapor[.]ch,443" & @CRLF & _ "https://statis.ignorelist[.]com,443" & @CRLF & _ "https://update.toythieves[.]com,443" & @CRLF & _ "http://piezasrazonable[.]com,80" & @CRLF & _ "http://wmi.mykings[.]top," & @CRLF & _ "http://js.mykings[.]top:280/v.srt,280" & @CRLF & _ "http://wmi.mykings[.]top:8888/test.html,8888" & @CRLF & _ "http://wmi.mykings[.]top:8888/kill.html,8888" & @CRLF & _ "http://coffeol[.]com/fend/lll.exe," & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "$3.$5" 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