Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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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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)(:)(\s+\$+.*;)" Local $sString = ".dabur-india{" & @CRLF & _ " color: $color-brand-group-3-light !important;" & @CRLF & _ " .mmm{" & @CRLF & _ " background: $color-brand-group-2-dark;" & @CRLF & _ " $border-dark: rgba($base-color, 0.88);" & @CRLF & _ " .alert {" & @CRLF & _ " border: 1px solid $border-dark;" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "$black: #000 !default;" & @CRLF & _ "$border-radius: 0.25rem !default;" & @CRLF & _ "$box-shadow: 0 0.5rem 1rem rgba($black, 0.15) !default;" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "code {" & @CRLF & _ " border-radius: $border-radius;" & @CRLF & _ " box-shadow: $box-shadow;" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "@if $dark-theme {" & @CRLF & _ " $primary-color: darken($primary-color, 60%);" & @CRLF & _ " $accent-color: lighten($accent-color, 60%);" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "$theme-colors: (" & @CRLF & _ " "success": #28a745," & @CRLF & _ " "info": #17a2b8," & @CRLF & _ " "warning": #ffc107," & @CRLF & _ ");" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ".alert {" & @CRLF & _ " // Instead of $theme-color-#{warning}" & @CRLF & _ " background-color: map.get($theme-colors, "warning");" & @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