Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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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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)(?m)^([^\r\n]+)\s*\n([^\r\n]+)\s*\n([^\r\n]+):\s*([^\r\n]+)\s*\n([^\r\n]+):\s*([^\r\n]+)(?:\s*\n([^\r\n]+):\s*([^\r\n]+))?\s*\nDirections:\s*\n((?:.+\s*\n?)+?)(?=^[^\r\n]+\s*\n[^\r\n]+\s*\n[^\r\n]+:|\z)" Local $sString = "Bob's Diner" & @CRLF & _ "Reefer" & @CRLF & _ "Location: Mike's Beef Barn" & @CRLF & _ "Time: 1,584" & @CRLF & _ "Stop: Highway Hotel." & @CRLF & _ "Directions:" & @CRLF & _ "Go south on Broadway." & @CRLF & _ "Get on freeway 30 South. Exit Main St." & @CRLF & _ "Go south on Main to Highway Hotel." & @CRLF & _ "Go north on Main. Go east on Highway 15. Exit Market St." & @CRLF & _ "1522 Market St." & @CRLF & _ "Comfy Pillows and Mattresses" & @CRLF & _ "Dry Van" & @CRLF & _ "Location: Innovative Furniture" & @CRLF & _ "Time: 223" & @CRLF & _ "Directions:" & @CRLF & _ "Turn right and go to Seville Ave." & @CRLF & _ "Turn left on St. Michael St." & @CRLF & _ "Go to end at the Comfy Sign." & @CRLF & _ "Washington County Construction" & @CRLF & _ "Low Boy" & @CRLF & _ "Location: Marble Quarry in Gainesville." & @CRLF & _ "Time: 1,135" & @CRLF & _ "Stop: Mountainside Motel." & @CRLF & _ "Directions:" & @CRLF & _ "Make a U-turn on Alameda Ave. and a right on Chantilly Lane." & @CRLF & _ "Get on freeway 67 East." & @CRLF & _ "Pass the Hospital and Exit Seward St." & @CRLF & _ "Turn left on Coral St. to Mountainside Motel on right." & @CRLF & _ "Exit motel and go east on Jefferson and then right on Belhaven." & @CRLF & _ "Follow Joelle Ln. to Hwy 49." & @CRLF & _ "Turn right at the Red Hill Junction. Go east on Harewood Rd." & @CRLF & _ "Turn left on Blue Heron St." & @CRLF & _ "8964 Red Rooster St." & @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