Regular Expressions 101

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  • All 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

/
/
gmx

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 = "(?mx)\b # Leading marker" & @CRLF & _ "(?P<byte> # Define a full byte" & @CRLF & _ "25[012345] | # the numers 250 - 255 or" & @CRLF & _ "2[01234](?P<digit>[0123456789]) | # 200 - 249 or" & @CRLF & _ "1(?&digit){2} | # 100 - 199 or" & @CRLF & _ "#0? # Allow leading zero" & @CRLF & _ "[1-9](?&digit) | # 10 - 99 or" & @CRLF & _ "#0{0,2} # Allow leading zeros" & @CRLF & _ "(?&digit) # 0 - 9" & @CRLF & _ ") # close one full byte" & @CRLF & _ "(\.(?&byte)){3} # Repeat three more bytes." & @CRLF & _ "\b # Trailing marker" Local $sString = "0.0.0.0 00.00.00.00 000.000.000.000" & @CRLF & _ "1.2.3.4 01.02.03.04 001.002.003.004" & @CRLF & _ "11.22.3.44 11.22.03.44 011.022.033.044" & @CRLF & _ "23.34.34.5 23.34.34.05 123.234.034.005" & @CRLF & _ "1.1.192.168 01.01.192.168 001.001.192.168" & @CRLF & _ "text 123.234.34.123 more text" & @CRLF & _ "text123.234.34.123more text" & @CRLF & _ "1.2.3.255" & @CRLF & _ "1.2.3.256" & @CRLF & _ "255.255.255.255" & @CRLF & _ "256.2.3.4" & @CRLF & _ "1123.234.34.123" & @CRLF & _ "123.234.34.1235" & @CRLF & _ ".123.234.34.123" & @CRLF & _ "123.234.34.123." & @CRLF & _ "not 1.1.168.192 in 1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa." & @CRLF & _ "not 1.14.2.90 in xserver-common_1.14.2.901-2_all.deb" & @CRLF & _ "1.2.3.4" 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