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 $sRegex = "(?m)^(?!0{3})(?!6{3})[0-8]\d{2}-(?!0{2})\d{2}-(?!0{4})\d{4}$" Local $sString = "762-37-6334" & @CRLF & _ "429-08-8462" & @CRLF & _ "519-75-9429" & @CRLF & _ "117-08-6495" & @CRLF & _ "544-12-9823" & @CRLF & _ "841-01-5655" & @CRLF & _ "494-82-9724" & @CRLF & _ "568-11-2312" & @CRLF & _ "420-42-8078" & @CRLF & _ "396-09-7229" & @CRLF & _ "869-57-0924" & @CRLF & _ "609-44-0934" & @CRLF & _ "578-20-1520" & @CRLF & _ "835-87-3325" & @CRLF & _ "636-03-4578" & @CRLF & _ "482-19-1418" & @CRLF & _ "364-60-1676" & @CRLF & _ "780-23-8549" & @CRLF & _ "265-33-9416" & @CRLF & _ "221-88-6838" & @CRLF & _ "550-13-2720" & @CRLF & _ "336-93-2610" & @CRLF & _ "193-47-3307" & @CRLF & _ "480-82-8373" & @CRLF & _ "750-66-0817" & @CRLF & _ "122-68-3192" & @CRLF & _ "673-84-7164" & @CRLF & _ "191-03-8274" & @CRLF & _ "412-41-9768" & @CRLF & _ "888-21-9775" & @CRLF & _ "805-53-9154" & @CRLF & _ "150-26-0934" & @CRLF & _ "880-42-1378" & @CRLF & _ "853-41-1922" & @CRLF & _ "467-22-3453" & @CRLF & _ "220-91-4157" & @CRLF & _ "657-24-3167" & @CRLF & _ "229-17-5111" & @CRLF & _ "411-38-6337" & @CRLF & _ "453-61-4836" & @CRLF & _ "123-27-0915" & @CRLF & _ "105-56-0050" & @CRLF & _ "646-82-7847" & @CRLF & _ "105-17-8892" & @CRLF & _ "301-70-3833" & @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