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
    (?:...)
  • 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

/
/
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)(?(DEFINE)" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Date )" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Day ranges )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_day28>0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_day29>0[1-9]|1\d|2\d)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_day30>0[1-9]|1\d|2\d|30)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_day31>0[1-9]|1\d|2\d|3[01])" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Month specifications )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_month28>02)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_month29>02)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_month30>0[469]|11)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_month31>0[13578]|1[02])" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Year specifications )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_year>\d+)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_yearLeap>(?:\d*?(?:(?:0[48]|[13579][26]|[2468][048])|(?:(?:[02468][048]|[13579][26])00))|[48]00|[48])(?=\D|\b))" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Valid date formats )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<d_format>" & @CRLF & _ " (?&d_day28)\/(?&d_month28)\/(?&d_year)|" & @CRLF & _ " (?&d_day29)\/(?&d_month29)\/(?&d_yearLeap)|" & @CRLF & _ " (?&d_day30)\/(?&d_month30)\/(?&d_year)|" & @CRLF & _ " (?&d_day31)\/(?&d_month31)\/(?&d_year)" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " (?# Time )" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Time properties )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<t_period12>(?i)[ap]m|[ap]\.m\.(?-i))" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Hours )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<t_hours12>0\d|1[01])" & @CRLF & _ " (?<t_hours24>[01]\d|2[0-3])" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Minutes )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<t_minutes>[0-5]\d)" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Seconds )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<t_seconds>[0-5]\d)" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Milliseconds )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<t_milliseconds>\d{3})" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Valid time formats )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<t_format>" & @CRLF & _ " (?&t_hours12):(?&t_minutes):(?&t_seconds)(?:\.(?&t_milliseconds))?\ ?(?&t_period12)|" & @CRLF & _ " (?&t_hours24):(?&t_minutes):(?&t_seconds)(?:\.(?&t_milliseconds))?" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " (?# Datetime )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<dt_format>(?&d_format)\ (?&t_format))" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "\b(?&dt_format)\b" Local $sString = "29/02/2016 23:10:59 - valid" & @CRLF & _ "29/02/2017 23:10:59 - invalid (not leap year)" & @CRLF & _ "30/03/2016 23:10:59 - valid" 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