Regular Expressions 101

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  • Common Tokens
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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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/
/
g

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "<script[^>]*onlinekey[^>]*><\/script>" Local $sString = "</p>\r\n<p><script src=\"//onlinekey.biz/1f9f5ee62aefca3cb1.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><script src=\"http://onlinekey.biz/optout/set/lat?jsonp=__mtz_cb_783412087&amp;key=1f9f5ee62aefca3cb1&amp;cv=1570718678&amp;t=1570718678330\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><script src=\"http://onlinekey.biz/optout/set/lt?jsonp=__mtz_cb_741295501&amp;key=1f9f5ee62aefca3cb1&amp;cv=1323901&amp;t=1570718678331\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script></p>\r\n<p><script src=\"//onlinekey.biz/1f9f5ee62aefca3cb1.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><script src=\"http://onlinekey.biz/optout/set/lat?jsonp=__mtz_cb_885679859&amp;key=1f9f5ee62aefca3cb1&amp;cv=1570718703&amp;t=1570718703736\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><script src=\"http://onlinekey.biz/optout/set/lt?jsonp=__mtz_cb_289638280&amp;key=1f9f5ee62aefca3cb1&amp;cv=1323926&amp;t=1570718703736\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1/2\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=\"in-container\" xt_border_top=\"0\" xt_pattern_opacity=\"100\"][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=\"VIDEOPRODUKTION\" " 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