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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
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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)\S.\w+" Local $sString = "3 " & @CRLF & _ " behnnam 12 157 282 55 308 159 " & @CRLF & _ "4 " & @CRLF & _ " qmohu 12 035 048 112 050 92 " & @CRLF & _ "5 " & @CRLF & _ " yufi71 4 637 190 66 488 366 " & @CRLF & _ "6 " & @CRLF & _ " Rohirrim_16 3 026 111 88 140 500 " & @CRLF & _ "7 " & @CRLF & _ " Nelliell 2 408 324 37 561 322 " & @CRLF & _ "8 " & @CRLF & _ " Knighteer 2 225 014 111 877 445 " & @CRLF & _ "9 " & @CRLF & _ " -suvari- 2 200 538 96 095 498 " & @CRLF & _ "10 " & @CRLF & _ " farukcakir 1 896 439 47 117 173 " & @CRLF & _ "11 " & @CRLF & _ " bobo342 1 767 789 133 470 479 " & @CRLF & _ "12 " & @CRLF & _ " Nawaf2u 1 701 184 11 020 171 " & @CRLF & _ "13 " & @CRLF & _ " korkuteke 1 646 584 18 821 376 " & @CRLF & _ "14 " & @CRLF & _ " aslkrslan 1 213 415 3 451 204 " & @CRLF & _ "15 " & @CRLF & _ " cinek31 1 157 463 7 912 230 " & @CRLF & _ "16 " & @CRLF & _ " 61pusat61 1 152 810 17 215 104 " & @CRLF & _ "17 " & @CRLF & _ " sladdin 1 031 630 19 556 312 " & @CRLF & _ "18 " & @CRLF & _ " devilsblade 908 424 37 133 375 " & @CRLF & _ "19 " & @CRLF & _ " krzychu4321 869 630 45 454 475 " & @CRLF & _ "20 " & @CRLF & _ " lacivertly1 868 405 30 795 457 " & @CRLF & _ "21 " & @CRLF & _ " orklar-tr 635 614 9 142 449 " & @CRLF & _ "22 " & @CRLF & _ " Doganbey1993 623 343 9 409 62 " & @CRLF & _ "23 " & @CRLF & _ " eagle_37800 592 185 25 424 389 " & @CRLF & _ "24 " & @CRLF & _ " cavidov 570 925 37 045 79 " & @CRLF & _ "25 " & @CRLF & _ " mbardakci 541 223 9 903 169 " & @CRLF & _ "26 " & @CRLF & _ " karasahin55tr 538 393 19 545 291 " & @CRLF & _ "27 " & @CRLF & _ " salvatordemon 517 475 2 248 127 " & @CRLF & _ "28 " & @CRLF & _ " secooooooo 401 102 12 641 236 " & @CRLF & _ "29 " & @CRLF & _ " synfrkn 360 119 14 243 375 " & @CRLF & _ "30 " & @CRLF & _ " gingso 218 393 5 373 355 " & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "" Local $sResult = StringRegExpReplace($sString, $sRegex, $sSubst) MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Result", $sResult)

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