Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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)^-\s*([^\r\n-]*?)\s*-\s*([^\r\n-]*?)\s*-\s*Coord\." Local $sString = "Fica outorgada, em nome da PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE" & @CRLF & _ "JUQUIÁ, CNPJ n. 46.585.964/0001-40, a autorização administrativa para interferência(s) em recursos hídricos superficiais, para" & @CRLF & _ "fins de rodoviário no município de JUQUIÁ, conforme abaixo" & @CRLF & _ "identificado:" & @CRLF & _ "- Travessia Aérea 01 - Afluente do Rio Juquiá - Coord." & @CRLF & _ "Geográficas Latitude S 24° 19' 54,00" - Longitude o 47° 38'" & @CRLF & _ "54,10" - Prazo 30 anos." & @CRLF & _ "- Travessia Aérea 02 - Afluente do Rio Juquiá - Coord." & @CRLF & _ "Geográficas Latitude S 24° 19' 58,00" - Longitude o 47° 38'" & @CRLF & _ "52,20" - Prazo 30 anos." & @CRLF & _ "- Travessia Aérea 03 - Afluente do Rio Juquiá - Coord." & @CRLF & _ "Geográficas Latitude S 24° 19' 58,00" - Longitude o 47° 38'" & @CRLF & _ "52,00" - Prazo 30 anos." & @CRLF & _ "- Travessia Aérea 04 - Afluente do Rio Juquiá - Coord." & @CRLF & _ "Geográficas Latitude S 24° 19' 59,00" - Longitude o 47° 38'" & @CRLF & _ "51,70" - Prazo 30 anos." & @CRLF & _ "- Travessia Aérea 05 - Afluente do Rio Juquiá - Coord." & @CRLF & _ "Geográficas Latitude S 24° 19' 59,40" - Longitude o 47° 38'" & @CRLF & _ "51,50" - Prazo 30 anos." & @CRLF & _ "- Travessia Aérea 06 - Afluente do Rio Juquiá - Coord." & @CRLF & _ "Geográficas Latitude S 24° 19' 59,90" - Longitude o 47° 38'" & @CRLF & _ "51,30" - Prazo 30 anos. Processo DAEE 9502113 - Extrato de" & @CRLF & _ "Portaria 4063/19." 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