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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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

/
/
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)(?:(?:(?:(?:var|let)[ \t]+)?([\w.\-]+)[ \t]*[:=]|[(!])[ \t]*)function(?:[ \t]+([\w.\-]+))?[ \t]*\([^)]*\)" Local $sString = "!function(){}() // test1" & @CRLF & _ "!function test2(){}() // test2" & @CRLF & _ "(function(){})() // test3" & @CRLF & _ "(function test4(){})() // test4" & @CRLF & _ "test5 = function(){} // test5" & @CRLF & _ "test6 = function _test6(){} // test6" & @CRLF & _ "let test7 = function(){} // test7" & @CRLF & _ "let test8 = function _test8(){} // test8" & @CRLF & _ "var test9 = function(){} // test8" & @CRLF & _ "var test10 = function _test10(){} // test10" & @CRLF & _ "myfunc(function(){}) // test11" & @CRLF & _ "myfunc(function test12(){}) // test12" & @CRLF & _ "let myobj = {test13 : function(){}} // test13" & @CRLF & _ "let myobj = {test14 : function _test14(){}} // test14" & @CRLF & _ "var myobj = {test15 : function(){}} // test15" & @CRLF & _ "var myobj = {test16 : function _test16(){}} // test16" & @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