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
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
No Match

r"
"
gmx

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 = "(?mx)^([MF]\/\d{2})\/ (?#Gender/Age, required.)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "( (?#Height, required.)" & @CRLF & _ " (?:\d{1}[\'\’]? (?#Optional \'\’ unit markings.)" & @CRLF & _ " (?: (?#Groups starting with ?: are non-capturing.)" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " [02-9]|1[01]?" & @CRLF & _ " )(?:[\"”]|\'\')? (?#Optional "\'\' unit markings.)" & @CRLF & _ " )?" & @CRLF & _ " )|" & @CRLF & _ " \d{1,3}cm|" & @CRLF & _ " [12]m(?:\d{1,2}(?:cm)?)? (?#Optional cm unit marking.)" & @CRLF & _ ")\ ?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " (?#Weight before to after, required. ?P<weight> is a named capturing group, associated with match sub-pattern ?P=weight. It forces the user to be consistent, either using only lbs, or only kg for the entire match, also used in Lifting Stats section.)" & @CRLF & _ "\[(\d{2,3}\ ?(?P<weight>lbs|kg)\ to\ \d{2,3}\ ?(?P=weight))\]\ ? (?# Optional space before lbs|kg. *Changed to require space before and after "to".)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "\( (?#Time Period, required)" & @CRLF & _ " (" & @CRLF & _ " (?:\d{1,2}\ ?years?)| (?#Optional space before years, optional s in years.)" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?:[2-9]|1[01]?)\ ?(?:month|week)s? (?#Optional space before months|weeks, optional s at end.)" & @CRLF & _ " )|" & @CRLF & _ " (?:\d{1,2}\ ?years?[;,]?\ ? (?#Optional space before years, optional s in years. Optional space after.)" & @CRLF & _ " (?:[02-9]|1[01]?)\ ?months?)| (?#Optional space before monthss, optional s in months.)" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ "\)\ ?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(?:\ ?\+\ ?\( (?#Lifting Stats, optional. Optional space before/after + .)" & @CRLF & _ " ((?:[DSBO]:\ ?(?:\d{2,3})\ ?(?P=weight)(?:[;,]\ ?)?){1,4}) (?# Optional space after [DSBO]: . Optional space before lbs|kg. Optional space after ;, delimiter. Changed from 4 repeated statements to one recursive group.)" & @CRLF & _ "\)(?<=[sg]\)))? (?# ?<= is a Positive Lookbehind. It requires the ; or , delimiter between stats, but prevents the delimiter after the last stat.)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(\ .*)? (?#Comments, optional. *Changed: Required space before comments section.)" & @CRLF & _ "$|^\[Meta\].*" Local $sString = "M/24/5'10" [175lbs to 150lbs] (1 year)" 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