Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • 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
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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)^http[s]?:\/\/[^\/]*\.[a-z]+\/?$" Local $sString = "https://www.feetrader.com/jobPostings" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.bienesonline.es/asociarse/" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.bienesonline.mx/asociarse/" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.bienesonline.cl/asociarse/" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.bienesonline.co/asociarse/" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.geralimoveis.com.br/produtos/" & @CRLF & _ "http://usa.bienesonline.com/asociarse/" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.informatik.uni-linz.ac.at/jobs/" & @CRLF & _ "http://informatik.jku.at/jobs/" & @CRLF & _ "https://2012.nosql-matters.org/bcn/" & @CRLF & _ "https://www.mapmeo.com/partner" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.revistapremier.com.br/contemporanea/" & @CRLF & _ "https://zippyapp.com/business" & @CRLF & _ "http://graph.storn.es/" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.volcanicinternet.com/portfolio/" & @CRLF & _ "http://imobsync.com.br/" & @CRLF & _ "http://trovit.com.isdownorblocked.com/" & @CRLF & _ "http://infoday.hoyu.edu.hk/test/" & @CRLF & _ "http://2016.desymfony.com/patrocinadores" & @CRLF & _ "https://osclass.com/en/" & @CRLF & _ "https://imobtic.com.br/" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.trovit.at-s.seohighscore.com/" & @CRLF & _ "https://dom.yuga.ru/sites/" & @CRLF & _ "https://www.kadaza.com/classifieds" & @CRLF & _ "http://www.oxleyrobert.com/" & @CRLF & _ "http://blog.trovit.de/" & @CRLF & _ "http://job.trovit.at/" & @CRLF & _ "https://www.sistemarsi.com/privacy" & @CRLF & _ "https://www.docjobs.at/" & @CRLF & _ "https://www.bienesonline.com.ar/asociarse/" 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