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
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \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
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    \B

Regular Expression
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/
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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{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}[.,]\d{3})\s-->\s(\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}[.,]\d{3})\n(.*(?:\r?\n(?!\r?\n).*)*)" Local $sString = "WEBVTT" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "1" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:00.310 --> 00:00:02.540" & @CRLF & _ "Dans cette séquence, nous" & @CRLF & _ "allons voir pourquoi nos" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "2" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:02.550 --> 00:00:05.210" & @CRLF & _ "assistants personnels," & @CRLF & _ "smartphones et tablettes, sont" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "3" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:05.210 --> 00:00:07.420" & @CRLF & _ "devenus tout" & @CRLF & _ "naturellement, en une dizaine d'années" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "4" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:07.420 --> 00:00:10.100" & @CRLF & _ "seulement, un point de collecte" & @CRLF & _ "majeur de données personnelles." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "5" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:10.520 --> 00:00:13.140" & @CRLF & _ "Pourquoi le smartphone" & @CRLF & _ "intéresse-t-il tant de monde ?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "6" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:15.690 --> 00:00:17.550" & @CRLF & _ "Tout d'abord, il faut" & @CRLF & _ "être conscient que dans un" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "7" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:17.550 --> 00:00:20.110" & @CRLF & _ "smartphone, 2 niveaux" & @CRLF & _ "existent. Il y a la partie visible" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "8" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:20.150 --> 00:00:23.440" & @CRLF & _ "avec son processeur dont on" & @CRLF & _ "va vanter les performances," & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "9" & @CRLF & _ "00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:26.260" & @CRLF & _ "le système d'exploitation" & @CRLF & _ "- dans ce module, nous nous" 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