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

/
/
gmsi

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 = "(?msi)(\w*\(Hex\): w*)(.*?)(?= |$)" Local $sString = " Vserver Name: vs1" & @CRLF & _ " LUN Path: /vol/vol1/lun1" & @CRLF & _ " Volume Name: vol1" & @CRLF & _ " Qtree Name: """ & @CRLF & _ " LUN Name: lun1" & @CRLF & _ " LUN Size: 10MB" & @CRLF & _ " OS Type: linux" & @CRLF & _ " Space Reservation: disabled" & @CRLF & _ " Serial Number: wCVt1]IlvQWv" & @CRLF & _ " Serial Number (Hex): 77435674315d496c76515776" & @CRLF & _ " Comment: new comment" & @CRLF & _ "Space Reservations Honored: false" & @CRLF & _ " Space Allocation: disabled" & @CRLF & _ " State: offline" & @CRLF & _ " LUN UUID: 76d2eba4-dd3f-494c-ad63-1995c1574753" & @CRLF & _ " Mapped: mapped" & @CRLF & _ " Block Size: 512" & @CRLF & _ " Device Legacy ID: -" & @CRLF & _ " Device Binary ID: -" & @CRLF & _ " Device Text ID: -" & @CRLF & _ " Read Only: false" & @CRLF & _ " Fenced Due to Restore: false" & @CRLF & _ " Used Size: 5MB" & @CRLF & _ " Maximum Resize Size: 64.00GB" & @CRLF & _ " Creation Time: 9/14/2016 13:55:09" & @CRLF & _ " Class: regular" & @CRLF & _ " Node Hosting the LUN: node1" & @CRLF & _ " QoS Policy Group: -" & @CRLF & _ " Caching Policy Name: -" & @CRLF & _ " Clone: false" & @CRLF & _ " Clone Autodelete Enabled: false" & @CRLF & _ " Inconsistent Import: false" & @CRLF & _ " Application: -" 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