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  • 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
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/
/
g

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 = "[^\\](?:(?:\\{2})*)\$(?:(?:[=|-]?([A-Z0-9_]*[A-Z_]+[A-Z0-9_]*)|(?:{[=|-]?([A-Z0-9_]*[A-Z_]+[A-Z0-9_]*)})))" Local $sString = "${HAVE_ERROR}" & @CRLF & _ "\\${PATH}" & @CRLF & _ "\\$SHELL" & @CRLF & _ "\\\\${PATH}" & @CRLF & _ "${HTTP_PORT}" & @CRLF & _ "$HTTP_PORT" & @CRLF & _ "$PORT" & @CRLF & _ "$1_PORT" & @CRLF & _ "${1_PORT}" & @CRLF & _ "$PORT_345" & @CRLF & _ "${PORT_345}" & @CRLF & _ "${AZK_AGENT_CONF_FILE}" & @CRLF & _ "${HTTP_HOST_2345}" & @CRLF & _ "${=HTTP_HOST_2345}" & @CRLF & _ "${-HTTP_HOST_2345}" & @CRLF & _ "$ENV.HTTP" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# ^ should match" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# v should not match" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "any_text" & @CRLF & _ "LIKE_A_ENV_NAME" & @CRLF & _ "\${PATH}" & @CRLF & _ "\$SHELL" & @CRLF & _ "\ \${PATH}" & @CRLF & _ "\ \$SHELL" & @CRLF & _ "\\\${PATH}" & @CRLF & _ "\\\$SHELL" & @CRLF & _ "$1" & @CRLF & _ "${1}" & @CRLF & _ "$@" & @CRLF & _ "$?" & @CRLF & _ "${env}" & @CRLF & _ "${env.io}" & @CRLF & _ "${ENV" & @CRLF & _ "${ENV_hahaha}" & @CRLF & _ "${ENV.HTTP}" & @CRLF & _ "$envs.HTTP_PORT" & @CRLF & _ "${envs.HTTP_PORT}" & @CRLF & _ "${-net.host}" & @CRLF & _ "${-net.port.http}" & @CRLF & _ "${=net.port.http}" & @CRLF & _ "<%azk.default_domain%>" & @CRLF & _ "<%=manifest.dir%>" & @CRLF & _ "#{-system.name}" & @CRLF & _ "#{=manifest.dir}" & @CRLF & _ "#{azk}" & @CRLF & _ "#{azk.io}" & @CRLF & _ "##hello" & @CRLF & _ "$hello" & @CRLF & _ "%hello%" & @CRLF & _ "<hello>" 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