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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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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

/
/
gm

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 = "(?m)(?i)^.*\.(.*\.[a-z]{0,3})|(?i)([a-z]{0,3}\..*\.[a-z]{0,3}|.*\.[a-z]{0,3})$$" Local $sString = "ch.iqos.com" & @CRLF & _ "discoveriqos.com" & @CRLF & _ "faramentol.ro" & @CRLF & _ "foodhouse.md" & @CRLF & _ "futurosinhumo.com" & @CRLF & _ "ganaconpmi.com" & @CRLF & _ "getinfo.kr" & @CRLF & _ "heatnotburn.se" & @CRLF & _ "iqommunity.ro" & @CRLF & _ "iqosclub.cz" & @CRLF & _ "iqosclub.sk" & @CRLF & _ "iqosclubcanarias.com" & @CRLF & _ "iqosempfehlen.at" & @CRLF & _ "iqositalia.it" & @CRLF & _ "iqosphere.jp" & @CRLF & _ "iqossvc.kr" & @CRLF & _ "iqosveda.cz" & @CRLF & _ "iqosveda.sk" & @CRLF & _ "newcreations.kr" & @CRLF & _ "prohibicionmentolado2020.es" & @CRLF & _ "proibicao-mentol2020.pt" & @CRLF & _ "qreator.ro" & @CRLF & _ "referiqosmy.com" & @CRLF & _ "shareiqos.ch" & @CRLF & _ "timeforchanges.ch" & @CRLF & _ "tryiqos.kr" & @CRLF & _ "unsmoke.de" & @CRLF & _ "iqostravel.com" & @CRLF & _ "iqostage.jp" & @CRLF & _ "iqos-register.jp" & @CRLF & _ "mystartapp.org" & @CRLF & _ "iqosclub.ch" & @CRLF & _ "dimensions.kz" & @CRLF & _ "www.tryiqos.ru" & @CRLF & _ "www.timeforchanges.ch" & @CRLF & _ "www.testiqos.ch" & @CRLF & _ "readmodel.m.sogou.com" & @CRLF & _ "www.shareiqos.ch" 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