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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

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)([+\-*\/]{2,}\d+)|(\([+\*\/])|((?<![\d\)])[+\*\/]\()|(\)[+\-\*\/](?![\d\()]))|((?<![\d\)])(?=[+\*\/]\d+))|(\(\))|(\d+[+\-\*\/](?![\d(]))|((?<![\d\+\-\*\/])\([+\-\*\/])|((?<![\d])[+\-\*\/]\))" Local $sString = "-(1+2)*10" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "2+3*(5-6/4)/3+26-122*3/29" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(?>![\\d)])[+\-\*\/]\(" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "([+\-*\/]{2,}\d+)|(\([+\*\/])|((?>![\\d)])[+\-\*\/]\()|([^\d\)][+\-\*\/]\()|((?<=[+\-\*\/])(0\d+))|(\)[+\-\*\/][^\d\)])|((?<![\d\)])(?=[+\*\/]\d+))|(\(\))" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(0*1-0-3)-5/0-4-(3*(-2" & @CRLF & _ "010 + 1" & @CRLF & _ "4-1-" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(1-2)*(3-4)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "空字符串 🆗" & @CRLF & _ "错误的运算符 🆗" & @CRLF & _ "错误的运算数 🆗" & @CRLF & _ "括号不匹配 ?" & @CRLF & _ "空括号 🆗 " & @CRLF & _ "连续的运算符,例如--5 " & @CRLF & _ "运算符为正数时,其符号+必须省略,例如+2+4定义为非法,而负数时为合法,例如-2+4 前面补零" & @CRLF & _ "程序要能处理表达式中间出现的空格(输入表达式中存在空格为合法情况)" & @CRLF & _ "(后面是运算符 + / * 没数字!" & @CRLF & _ ")前面是运算符 + - * / 没数字!" & @CRLF & _ "-)" & @CRLF & _ "(1 -6)-(-1+2)" & @CRLF & _ "010 0 开头的数字" & @CRLF & _ "4-" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "-(9-1) 允许" & @CRLF & _ "(9-1)- 不允许" & @CRLF & _ "+9+1 不允许" & @CRLF & _ "-9+1 允许" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "其他不符合表达式书写规则的情况" & @CRLF & _ "(2*2)*2)" & @CRLF & _ "-100*100-(13*4)" 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