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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

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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 $sRegex = "(?m)^((((\d+,)+\d+|(\d+(\/|-|#)\d+)|\d+L?|\*(\/\d+)?|L(-\d+)?|\?|[A-Z]{3}(-[A-Z]{3})?) ?){5,7})|(@(annually|yearly|monthly|weekly|daily|hourly|reboot))|(@every (\d+(ns|us|µs|ms|s|m|h))+)$" Local $sString = "# cron" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 1 1 * 1" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 1 1 * 1,2" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 1 1 * 1,2,3" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 1 * * 1/4" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 * * 0 1-4" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 * * * 2/4" & @CRLF & _ "0 * * * * *" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# variations" & @CRLF & _ "10 12 * * 1,2,3,4,5" & @CRLF & _ "* 10 12 * * 1,2,3,4,5" & @CRLF & _ "* */5 * * * *" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "*/4 */4 */4 * * *" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# At 12:00 pm (noon) every day during the year 2017:" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 12 * * ? 2017" & @CRLF & _ "# Every 5 minutes starting at 1 pm and ending on 1:55 pm and then starting at 6 pm and ending at 6:55 pm, every day:" & @CRLF & _ "0 0/5 13,18 * * ?" & @CRLF & _ "# Every minute starting at 1 pm and ending on 1:05 pm, every day:" & @CRLF & _ "0 0-5 13 * * ?" & @CRLF & _ "# At 1:15 pm and 1:45 pm every Tuesday in the month of June:" & @CRLF & _ "0 15,45 13 ? 6 Tue" & @CRLF & _ "# At 9:30 am every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday:" & @CRLF & _ "0 30 9 ? * MON-FRI" & @CRLF & _ "# At 9:30 am on 15th day of every month:" & @CRLF & _ "0 30 9 15 * ?" & @CRLF & _ "# At 6 pm on the last day of every month:" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 18 L * ?" & @CRLF & _ "# At 6 pm on the 3rd to last day of every month:" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 18 L-3 * ?" & @CRLF & _ "# At 10:30 am on the last Thursday of every month:" & @CRLF & _ "0 30 10 ? * 5L" & @CRLF & _ "# At 6 pm on the last Friday of every month during the years 2015, 2016 and 2017:" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 18 ? * 6L 2015-2017" & @CRLF & _ "# At 10 am on the third Monday of every month:" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 10 ? * 2#3" & @CRLF & _ "# At 12 am midnight on every day for five days starting on the 10th day of the month:" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 0 10/5 * ?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# more" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 12 * * ?" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 ? * *" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 * * ?" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 * * ? *" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 * * ? 2005" & @CRLF & _ "0 * 14 * * ?" & @CRLF & _ "0 0/5 14 * * ?" & @CRLF & _ "0 0/5 14,18 * * ?" & @CRLF & _ "0 0-5 14 * * ?" & @CRLF & _ "0 10,44 14 ? 3 WED" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 ? * MON-FRI" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 15 * ?" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 ? * 6L" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 ? * 6L 2002-2005" & @CRLF & _ "0 15 10 ? * 6#3" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 12 1/5 * ?" & @CRLF & _ "0 11 11 11 11 ?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# predefined" & @CRLF & _ "@annually" & @CRLF & _ "@yearly" & @CRLF & _ "@monthly" & @CRLF & _ "@weekly" & @CRLF & _ "@daily" & @CRLF & _ "@hourly" & @CRLF & _ "@reboot" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# every" & @CRLF & _ "@every 5s" & @CRLF & _ "@every 20h30m" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#individual forms" & @CRLF & _ "1,2,3" & @CRLF & _ "1,2" & @CRLF & _ "1/2" & @CRLF & _ "1-2" & @CRLF & _ "1" & @CRLF & _ "*" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "*/4" & @CRLF & _ "6#3" & @CRLF & _ "L" & @CRLF & _ "5L" & @CRLF & _ "L-2" & @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