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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
No Match

/
/
gim

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 = "(?im)(\+|\-)?(\d{1,})(?:\s|)(ms|millisecond(?:\(s\)|s|)|second(?:\(s\)|s|)|sec|s(?:\s|$)|minute(?:\(s\)|s|)|min|m(?:\s|$)|h(?:\s|$)|hour(?:\(s\)|s|)|h(?:\s|$)|day(?:\(s\)|s|)|d(?:\s|$)|week(?:\(s\)|s|)|w(?:\s|$)|month(?:\(s\)|s|)|mm(?:\s|$)|year(?:\(s\)|s|)|y(?:\s|$))(?:\s|$)?" Local $sString = "+1ms" & @CRLF & _ "+19milliseconds" & @CRLF & _ "+7 milliseconds" & @CRLF & _ "-1 millisecond" & @CRLF & _ "+7 s" & @CRLF & _ "+8 s" & @CRLF & _ "+4 seconds" & @CRLF & _ "-1 second" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+10 minutes" & @CRLF & _ "+1A minutes" & @CRLF & _ "-1 minute" & @CRLF & _ "+1m" & @CRLF & _ "-1m" & @CRLF & _ "+1 m" & @CRLF & _ "-2 m" & @CRLF & _ "1 more time" & @CRLF & _ "1min" & @CRLF & _ "1 min" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+19 hours" & @CRLF & _ "-1 hour" & @CRLF & _ "+1h" & @CRLF & _ "-1h" & @CRLF & _ "+1 h" & @CRLF & _ "-2 h" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+1 day(s)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+2 week(s)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+3mm" & @CRLF & _ "+3 month(s)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+4 year(s)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "1ms" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "public Myles +1 minute" & @CRLF & _ "Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter - Acapella Cover" & @CRLF & _ "haha xd +4 years lol" 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