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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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "-\R" Local $sString = "$text = "" & @CRLF & _ "БАДРЎ(Й) (ي(بدرو он ки рўи нозебу хунук до-" & @CRLF & _ "рад, бадафт, безеб, бадбашара; муќоб." & @CRLF & _ "хушрўй. БАДСОБИЌА بدسابقه он ки пешинаи хуб надо-" & @CRLF & _ "рад ва мардум ўро ба бадї мешиносанд. БАДСУРАТ بدصورت бадшакл, бадафт, бад-" & @CRLF & _ "андом; нозеб, зиштрўй. БАЙ-БАЙ بي بي нидо вањ-вањ, њай-њай (бо ало-" & @CRLF & _ "мати тањсин ва тааљљуб). БЕСАРУНЎГЇ بيسرونوگي 1. бесарунўг будан," & @CRLF & _ "бетартибї, бесарусомонї. 2. чигилї, печи-" & @CRLF & _ "дагї, дарњам-барњамї. а) бесаранљом, парешонњол; б) бетартиб," & @CRLF & _ "дарњаму барњам: бесару сомон шудани кор;" & @CRLF & _ "бесару тан белибос; луч, урён, барањна; бе-" & @CRLF & _ "сар-бесар гаштан худсарона овора гаштан." & @CRLF & _ "";" Local $sSubst = "''" Local $sResult = StringRegExpReplace($sString, $sRegex, $sSubst) MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Result", $sResult)

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