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

/
/
g

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 $sRegex = "^(.+)$(?=[\s\S]*^(\1)$[\s\S]*)" Local $sString = "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "An HTML attachment was scrubbed..." & @CRLF & _ "URL: https://list.something.edu/mailman/attachments/200908002/7452/attachment.html" & @CRLF & _ "From SomeAddress at SomeDomain.org SomeDate" & @CRLF & _ "From: SomeonesEmail at SomeDomain.org (FirstName LastName)" & @CRLF & _ "Date: [the date]" & @CRLF & _ "Subject: [ListservName] SomeSubject" & @CRLF & _ "In-Reply-To: <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "References: <%SomeEmailAddress>" & @CRLF & _ " <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "Message-ID: <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Hey there, Everyone," & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "I completely disagree with this. It's crap!" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Sincerely," & @CRLF & _ "SomePerson" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "On SomeDate, Someone wrote:" & @CRLF & _ "From: SomeonesEmail at SomeDomain.org (FirstName LastName)" & @CRLF & _ "Date: [the date]" & @CRLF & _ "Subject: [ListservName] SomeSubject" & @CRLF & _ "In-Reply-To: <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "References: <%SomeEmailAddress>" & @CRLF & _ " <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "Message-ID: <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Hey PersonA," & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "This is my advice. It is really good advice. I hope you take it since I think it's pertinent." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Sincerely," & @CRLF & _ "PersonZ" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "An HTML attachment was scrubbed..." & @CRLF & _ "URL: https://list.something.edu/mailman/attachments/200908002/7452/attachment.html" & @CRLF & _ "From SomeAdress at SomeDomain.org SomeDate" & @CRLF & _ "From: SomeonesEmail at SomeDomain.org (FirstName LastName)" & @CRLF & _ "Date: [the date]" & @CRLF & _ "Subject: [ListservName] SomeSubject" & @CRLF & _ "In-Reply-To: <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "References: <%SomeEmailAddress>" & @CRLF & _ " <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "Message-ID: <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Good Afternoon, PersonA," & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "But have you considered this aspect? It changes everything, so this is my advice. It is even better advice! " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Sincerely," & @CRLF & _ "PersonB" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "On SomeDate, PersonZ wrote:" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Hey PersonA," & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "This is my advice. It" & @CRLF & _ "is really" & @CRLF & _ "good advice. I hope you take it since I" & @CRLF & _ "think it's pertinent." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Sincerely," & @CRLF & _ "PersonZ" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "From SomeAddress at SomeDomain.org SomeDate " & @CRLF & _ "From: SomeonesEmail at SomeDomain.org (FirstName LastName)" & @CRLF & _ "Date: [the date]" & @CRLF & _ "Subject: [ListservName] SomeSubject" & @CRLF & _ "In-Reply-To: <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "References: <%SomeEmailAddress>" & @CRLF & _ " <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "Message-ID: <SomeIDnumber>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Thank you all for your feedback on this issue. You've given me a lot to" & @CRLF & _ "consider. Cheers." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[And so on.]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" 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