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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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 $sRegex = "(?m)^(?:(?!^\s|[ \-']{2}|[\d\r\n\t\f\v!"#$%&()*+,\.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰‹‘’“”•–—˜™›¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿×÷№′″ⁿ⁺⁰‱₁₂₃₄]|\s$).){1,50}$" Local $sString = "Regex matches: from 1 to 50 international letters separated by single delimiter ( -')" & @CRLF & _ "Regex rejects: empty prefix/suffix, consecutive delimiters ( -'), digits, new line, tab, limited list of extended ASCII characters" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Jo Nesbø" & @CRLF & _ "Pedro Almodóvar" & @CRLF & _ "بيدرو ألمودوبار" & @CRLF & _ "Sofija Jogailaitė" & @CRLF & _ "Akira Kurosawa" & @CRLF & _ "Куросава Акіра" & @CRLF & _ "Куросава Акира" & @CRLF & _ "黒澤明" & @CRLF & _ "黑澤明" & @CRLF & _ "আকিৰা কুৰোছাৱা" & @CRLF & _ "Tyue' Tgshh" & @CRLF & _ "CxCx5C5C" & @CRLF & _ "AKIRA KUROSAWA" & @CRLF & _ "Akir@ Kursawa" & @CRLF & _ "Stev3 Smith" & @CRLF & _ "STeve Smith" & @CRLF & _ "Steve SMith" & @CRLF & _ "Steve Sm1th" & @CRLF & _ "Steve G. Smith" & @CRLF & _ "d'Are to Beaware" & @CRLF & _ "Hyoung Kyoung Wu" & @CRLF & _ "Mike O'Neal" & @CRLF & _ "Steve Johnson-Smith" & @CRLF & _ "Jozef-Schmozev Hiemdel" & @CRLF & _ "O Henry Smith" & @CRLF & _ "Mathais d'Arras" & @CRLF & _ "Martin Luther King Jr" & @CRLF & _ "Downtown-James Brown" & @CRLF & _ "Darren McCarty" & @CRLF & _ "An Ni" & @CRLF & _ "O. Henry McCarty" & @CRLF & _ "George De FunkMaster" & @CRLF & _ "Kurtis B-Ball" & @CRLF & _ "Ahmad el Jeffe" & @CRLF & _ "John Smith" & @CRLF & _ "'John Smith" 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