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
  • 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)Subject:\n\s+Security ID:[^\n]+\n\s+Account Name:\s+(?<account_creator>[^\n]+)" Local $sString = "6/6/19" & @CRLF & _ "9:27:22.000 AM " & @CRLF & _ "06/06/2019 09:27:22 AM" & @CRLF & _ "LogName=Security" & @CRLF & _ "SourceName=Microsoft Windows security auditing." & @CRLF & _ "EventCode=4720" & @CRLF & _ "EventType=0" & @CRLF & _ "Type=Information" & @CRLF & _ "ComputerName=CPMASNAAD03.na.cintas.com" & @CRLF & _ "TaskCategory=User Account Management" & @CRLF & _ "OpCode=Info" & @CRLF & _ "RecordNumber=5472484169" & @CRLF & _ "Keywords=Audit Success" & @CRLF & _ "Message=A user account was created." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Subject:" & @CRLF & _ " Security ID: "xxxxxxxxx"" & @CRLF & _ " Account Name: Account Creator" & @CRLF & _ " Account Domain: xxxxx" & @CRLF & _ " Logon ID: xxxxxxx" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "New Account:" & @CRLF & _ " Security ID: "xxxxxx"" & @CRLF & _ " Account Name: Account Created" & @CRLF & _ " Account Domain: xxxxxxx" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Attributes:" & @CRLF & _ " SAM Account Name: xxxxxxxx" & @CRLF & _ " Display Name: User" & @CRLF & _ " User Principal Name: -" & @CRLF & _ " Home Directory: -" & @CRLF & _ " Home Drive: -" & @CRLF & _ " Script Path: -" & @CRLF & _ " Profile Path: -" & @CRLF & _ " User Workstations: -" & @CRLF & _ " Password Last Set: <never>" & @CRLF & _ " Account Expires: <never>" & @CRLF & _ " Primary Group ID: 513" & @CRLF & _ " Allowed To Delegate To: -" & @CRLF & _ " Old UAC Value: 0x0" & @CRLF & _ " New UAC Value: 0x11" & @CRLF & _ " User Account Control: " & @CRLF & _ " Account Disabled" & @CRLF & _ " 'Normal Account' - Enabled" & @CRLF & _ " User Parameters: -" & @CRLF & _ " SID History: -" & @CRLF & _ " Logon Hours: <value not set>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Additional Information:" & @CRLF & _ " Privileges" 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