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  • A single character of: a, b or c
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    [^abc]
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    [a-z]
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    [^a-z]
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    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
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    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
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  • Zero or one of a
    a?
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    a*
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    a+
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    a{3}
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    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
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    \b
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Regular Expression

@
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imxg

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?imx)(?imx)" & @CRLF & _ "(^\h*) # capture les espaces avant #cs (ex. < >#cs)" & @CRLF & _ "(" & @CRLF & _ " \# (?> cs|comments-start ) \b\N*\R # => #cs" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " # => commentaires (partie entre #cs et #ce)" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " # vérifie qu'il s'agit bien d'un commentaire" & @CRLF & _ " # c.-à-d. que le début de la ligne NE doit PAS être suivi par ce qui" & @CRLF & _ " # correspond à un début (#cs) ou fin de commentaire (#ce)" & @CRLF & _ " (?!" & @CRLF & _ " \h* \# (?> cs|comments-start|ce|comments-end ) \b\N*\R" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " # le commentaire" & @CRLF & _ " # un commentaire peut simplement être une nouvelle ligne (\R)" & @CRLF & _ " \N*\R" & @CRLF & _ " | # commentaire ou récursion (si aucun commentaire trouvé)" & @CRLF & _ " # récursion (depuis le début) pour chercher un nouveau #cs" & @CRLF & _ " (?R)" & @CRLF & _ " )* # les commentaire sont facultatifs" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " \h* \# (?> ce|comments-end ) # => #ce" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " \b\N*? # texte après #ce, facultatif (ex. #ce< TEXTE>)" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# capture, s'il y en a, les espaces et la fin de ligne après #ce (ex. #ce blabla...< \R>)" & @CRLF & _ "(" & @CRLF & _ " \h*+ $ # espaces après #ce ; seulement ceux avant la fin de ligne (ex. #ce blabla...< >$)" & @CRLF & _ " \R? # retour à la ligne facultatif" & @CRLF & _ ")" Local $sString = " #cs xyz" & @CRLF & _ " gna" & @CRLF & _ " #cs xyz" & @CRLF & _ " gna gna" & @CRLF & _ " #ce #ce" & @CRLF & _ " #ce #ce " & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#cs xyz" & @CRLF & _ " gna gna" & @CRLF & _ "#ce xyz" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "-------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ " #ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ ";#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "-------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "#comments-start BON" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ " #ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "..." & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "-------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "#comments-start BON" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ " #comments-start" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#comments-end" & @CRLF & _ " #ce" & @CRLF & _ "..." & @CRLF & _ "#comments-end " & @CRLF & _ "#comments-end" & @CRLF & _ "-------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce u u u u " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce u u u u" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce u u u u " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce i" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce i" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#cs" & @CRLF & _ ";#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce i " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "-------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#cs,test" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#cs..." & @CRLF & _ " .#cs.. NE_PAS_CAPTURER" & @CRLF & _ "#ceNE_PAS_CAPTURER" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "-------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#comments-start" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ " #" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ " #cs" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ " #cs---" & @CRLF & _ " ..." & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ " # ce NE_PAS_CAPTURER" & @CRLF & _ " #ce" & @CRLF & _ " #ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ " #ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "..." & @CRLF & _ "-------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "--------- [NE PAS CAPTURER] ---------" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "#ce" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "#cs" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "[\1]<span class="S2">\2</span>[\3]" 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