Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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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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 = "<my:group1>([\s\S]*)<\/my:group1>" Local $sString = "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>" & @CRLF & _ "<?mso-infoPathSolution solutionVersion="1.0.0.182" productVersion="15.0.0" PIVersion="1.0.0.0" href="http://sp01/hp/Therapy/Forms/template.xsn" name="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:infopath:Therapy:-myXSD-2013-03-01T10-07-30" ?>" & @CRLF & _ "<?mso-application progid="InfoPath.Document" versionProgid="InfoPath.Document.3"?>" & @CRLF & _ "<my:myFields" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:pc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2007/PartnerControls"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:ma="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/metadata/properties/metaAttributes"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2009/WSSList/dataFields"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:q="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2009/WSSList/queryFields"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:dfs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/dataFormSolution"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:dms="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/documentManagement/types"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2013-03-01T10:07:30"" & @CRLF & _ " xmlns:xd="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003"" & @CRLF & _ " xml:lang="en-us">" & @CRLF & _ " <my:PatientID>1</my:PatientID>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:Name>name</my:Name>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:Age>29.0000000000000</my:Age>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:Gender>gender</my:Gender>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:Date>2015-12-09</my:Date>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:group1>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:group2>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field1>1</my:field1>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:PName>pname</my:PName>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:PPrice>10000.0000000000</my:PPrice>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field11 xsi:nil="true"></my:field11>" & @CRLF & _ " </my:group2>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:group2>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field1>9</my:field1>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:PName>pname" & @CRLF & _ " </my:PName>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:PPrice>10000.0000000000</my:PPrice>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field11 xsi:nil="true"></my:field11>" & @CRLF & _ " </my:group2>" & @CRLF & _ " </my:group1>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field4></my:field4>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field5></my:field5>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:Status>false</my:Status>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:Confirm>false</my:Confirm>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field6></my:field6>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field7></my:field7>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field8></my:field8>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:TPrice>20000</my:TPrice>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field12></my:field12>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:field13></my:field13>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:insurance>1</my:insurance>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:Partner>partner</my:Partner>" & @CRLF & _ " <my:Doctor>doctor</my:Doctor>" & @CRLF & _ "</my:myFields>" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYFULLMATCH) ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($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