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  • All 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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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)^\s*\d+\s*:\s*(?:o?|(oo+?)\1+)$" Local $sString = " 0 : " & @CRLF & _ " 1 : o" & @CRLF & _ " 2 : oo" & @CRLF & _ " 3 : ooo" & @CRLF & _ " 4 : oooo" & @CRLF & _ " 5 : ooooo" & @CRLF & _ " 6 : oooooo" & @CRLF & _ " 7 : ooooooo" & @CRLF & _ " 8 : oooooooo" & @CRLF & _ " 9 : ooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "10 : oooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "11 : ooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "12 : oooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "13 : ooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "14 : oooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "15 : ooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "16 : oooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "17 : ooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "18 : oooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "19 : ooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "20 : oooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "21 : ooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "22 : oooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "23 : ooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "24 : oooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "25 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "26 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "27 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "28 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "29 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "30 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "31 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "32 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "33 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "34 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "35 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "36 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "37 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "38 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "39 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "40 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "41 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "42 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "43 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "44 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "45 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "46 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "47 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "48 : oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @CRLF & _ "49 : ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" & @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