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

/
/
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)^SUMME \/ W;\d{1,3};;\d{1,3};\d{1,3};\d{1,3};\K\d{1,3}" Local $sString = "02.03.;38;;;3;1;42;" & @CRLF & _ "03.03.;36;;;3;;39;" & @CRLF & _ "04.03.;51;;14;9;1;75;" & @CRLF & _ "05.03.;70;;9;9;;88;" & @CRLF & _ "06.03.;26;;;2;;28;" & @CRLF & _ "SUMME / W;221;;23;26;2;272;" & @CRLF & _ "09.03.;35;;10;6;1;52;" & @CRLF & _ "10.03.;50;;3;4;;57;" & @CRLF & _ "11.03.;48;;4;8;;60;" & @CRLF & _ "12.03.;35;;;4;1;40;" & @CRLF & _ "13.03.;15;;;3;;18;" & @CRLF & _ "SUMME / W;183;;17;25;2;227;" & @CRLF & _ "16.03.;23;;7;2;1;33;" & @CRLF & _ "17.03.;36;;1;3;;40;" & @CRLF & _ "18.03.;36;;;8;;44;" & @CRLF & _ "19.03.;34;;;2;;36;" & @CRLF & _ "20.+21.03.;22;;4;3;;29;" & @CRLF & _ "SUMME / W;151;;12;18;1;182;" & @CRLF & _ "23.03.;38;;4;4;1;47;" & @CRLF & _ "24.03.;26;;4;5;;35;" & @CRLF & _ "25.03.;24;;7;5;;36;" & @CRLF & _ "26.03.;22;;;3;;25;" & @CRLF & _ "27.+28.03.;4;;;2;;6;" & @CRLF & _ "SUMME / W;114;;15;19;1;149;" 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