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
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    \D
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    \w
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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    (...)
  • 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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gmi

Test String

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?mi)^(?<name>[^.,?;:\s]+)$|^(?:(?<honorific>(?:mrs?|ms|dr|prof|rev|hon)\.?|miss|sir|dame|lord|lady)\s+)?(?:(?<given_name>(?<first_name>[^.,?;:\s]+\.?)(?:\s+(?<middle_name>(?:[^.,?;:\s]+\.?)(?:\s+[^.,?;:\s]+\.?)*?))??)\s+)??(?:(?<family_name>(?:(?:(?:(?:a|ab|af|ap|abu|aït|al|ālam|at|ath|aust|austre|bar|bath|bat|ben|bin|ibn|bet|bint|da|das|de la|degli|del|dele|della|der|di|dos|du|e|el|fetch|vetch|fitz|i|ka|kil|gil|la|le|lille|lu|m'|mac|mc|mck|mhic|mic|mala|mellom|myljom|na|ณ|ned|nedre|neder|ngā|nic|ní|nin|nord|norr|ny|o|ó|ua|uí|opp|upp|öfver|ost|öst|öster|øst|østre|över|øvste|øvre|øver|öz|pour|putra|putera|putri|puteri|setia|setya|stor|söder|sør|sønder|syd|søndre|syndre|søre|te|ter|ter|tre|van|van de|van den|van der|van het|van 't|väst|väster|verch|erch|vest|vestre|vesle|vetle|von|war|zu|von und zu)\s)?[^.,!?;:\s]+)-)?(?:(?:a|ab|af|ap|abu|aït|al|ālam|at|ath|aust|austre|bar|bath|bat|ben|bin|ibn|bet|bint|da|das|de la|degli|del|dele|della|der|di|dos|du|e|el|fetch|vetch|fitz|i|ka|kil|gil|la|le|lille|lu|m'|mac|mc|mck|mhic|mic|mala|mellom|myljom|na|ณ|ned|nedre|neder|ngā|nic|ní|nin|nord|norr|ny|o|ó|ua|uí|opp|upp|öfver|ost|öst|öster|øst|østre|över|øvste|øvre|øver|öz|pour|putra|putera|putri|puteri|setia|setya|stor|söder|sør|sønder|syd|søndre|syndre|søre|te|ter|ter|tre|van|van de|van den|van der|van het|van 't|väst|väster|verch|erch|vest|vestre|vesle|vetle|von|war|zu|von und zu)\s+)?[^.,?;:\s]+)??(?:,?\s+(?<suffix>Sr\.?|Snr|Jr\.?|Jnr|[IVX]+))?)?(?<post_nominal>,.*)?$" Local $sString = "John Doe" & @CRLF & _ "Mary Jane Smith" & @CRLF & _ "Jean-Luc van der Berg, Sr." & @CRLF & _ "Maria de la Cruz" & @CRLF & _ "Mohamed bin Ahmed al-Farsi" & @CRLF & _ "Anna-Nicole Johnson Jr." & @CRLF & _ "Carlos Alberto dos Santos" & @CRLF & _ "Sophie von und zu Rhein" & @CRLF & _ "Li Na" & @CRLF & _ "O'Connor Fitzpatrick III" & @CRLF & _ "Yusuf ibn Abdullah" & @CRLF & _ "Emma-Louise O'Reilly" & @CRLF & _ "Juan Carlos de la Torre" & @CRLF & _ "Fatima bint Mohammed" & @CRLF & _ "Hans-Christian Andersen" & @CRLF & _ "Elena di Matteo" & @CRLF & _ "Abdul-Rahman al-Hashimi" & @CRLF & _ "Isabella della Rovere" & @CRLF & _ "Jean-Pierre Dupont, Jr" & @CRLF & _ "Sara van den Berg" & @CRLF & _ "John Q. Public" & @CRLF & _ "Dr. Jane Doe, PhD" & @CRLF & _ "Prof. John Smith, MD" & @CRLF & _ "Mr. James Walter Thomas Jr." & @CRLF & _ "Ms. Emily Davis, CPA" & @CRLF & _ "Dr. Michael David Jacob Brown, DDS" & @CRLF & _ "Mrs. Sarah Wilson, RN" & @CRLF & _ "Rev. Thomas Anderson, DD" & @CRLF & _ "Mr. Adams" & @CRLF & _ "T'Challa" & @CRLF & _ "ǃXóõ ǁKaru" & @CRLF & _ "ǃHõã ǂNuka" & @CRLF & _ "J. K. Rowling" & @CRLF & _ "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" 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