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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • 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)((?:^RAP [\d.\d]+ .+){1}(?:\n^[a-zA-Z0-9].+)+)" Local $sString = "" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Modelo Educativo Centrado en el Aprendizaje con Enfoque por Competencias Plan 2008 Página 5 de 20 " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Carrera: TÉCNICO EN PROGRAMACIÓN Unidad de Aprendizaje: BASES DE DATOS " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "RED DE COMPETENCIAS (GENERAL Y PARTICULARES) " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Competencia particular 2 " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Utiliza gestores y lenguajes de " & @CRLF & _ "bases de datos para la gestión y " & @CRLF & _ "manipulación de la información de " & @CRLF & _ "las bases datos. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Competencia particular 3 " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Aplica protección a las bases de " & @CRLF & _ "datos para su confidencialidad, " & @CRLF & _ "disponibilidad e integridad. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Competencia General " & @CRLF & _ "Desarrolla bases de datos normalizadas e implementando políticas de seguridad con gestores " & @CRLF & _ "de bases de datos para la explotación de la información a través de lenguajes consulta a base " & @CRLF & _ "de datos. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "RAP 2.2 Utilizan lenguajes de acceso a " & @CRLF & _ "bases de datos para la manipulación de " & @CRLF & _ "la información contenida en las Bases " & @CRLF & _ "de Datos. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "RAP 2.1 Utiliza gestores de bases de " & @CRLF & _ "datos para la administración de las " & @CRLF & _ "bases de datos. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "RAP 3.2 Aplica transacciones para " & @CRLF & _ "asegurar la autenticidad de la " & @CRLF & _ "información para asegurar su " & @CRLF & _ "confiabilidad. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "RAP 3.1 Aplica protección al acceso de " & @CRLF & _ "los datos para mantener su privacidad. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Competencia particular 1 " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Diseña Bases de Datos " & @CRLF & _ "normalizadas aplicando el " & @CRLF & _ "modelado de datos Entidad-" & @CRLF & _ "Relación y Relacional para genera" & @CRLF & _ "el esquema conceptual y lógico." & @CRLF & _ "RAP 1.1 Contextualiza los conceptos " & @CRLF & _ "fundamentales de Bases de Datos. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "RAP 1.2 Contextualiza los diferentes " & @CRLF & _ "Modelos de datos utilizados para el " & @CRLF & _ "diseño de Bases de Datos. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "RAP 1.3 Modela bases de datos " & @CRLF & _ "normalizadas aplicando las " & @CRLF & _ "metodologías de desarrollo del " & @CRLF & _ "esquema conceptual y lógico. " & @CRLF & _ " " & @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