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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

/
/
g

Test String

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(.*: )(.*)" Local $sString = "EN Normen: EN Normen" & @CRLF & _ "Schuhtyp: FUS Schuhtyp" & @CRLF & _ "Schuhform: FUS Schuhform" & @CRLF & _ "Verschlussart: FUS Verschlussart" & @CRLF & _ "Verschlusselement: FUS Verschluss" & @CRLF & _ "Größe: Größe Von - Größe bis" & @CRLF & _ "Größenbereich: Größenbereich" & @CRLF & _ "Passform: v FUS Passform" & @CRLF & _ "Schuhweite: v FUS Schuhweite" & @CRLF & _ "Schafthöhe: v FUS Schafthöhe CM" & @CRLF & _ "Farbe: v Farbe list" & @CRLF & _ "Farbcode: v Farbcode" & @CRLF & _ "Obermaterial: FUS Obermaterial" & @CRLF & _ "Obermaterial sonstige: FUS Obermaterial Sonstige" & @CRLF & _ "Lederausprägung: FUS Lederausprägung" & @CRLF & _ "Innenfutter: FUS Innenfutter" & @CRLF & _ "Innenfutter sonstige: FUS Innenfutter Sonstige" & @CRLF & _ "Blattfutter: FUS Blattfutter" & @CRLF & _ "Quartierfutter: FUS Quartierfutter" & @CRLF & _ "Fersenfutter: FUS Fersenfutter" & @CRLF & _ "Schaftrand: FUS Schaftrand" & @CRLF & _ "Lasche: FUS Lasche" & @CRLF & _ "Lasche sonstige: FUS Lasche Sonstige" & @CRLF & _ "Zehenschutzkappe: FUS Zehenschutzkappe" & @CRLF & _ "Verstärkungen: FUS Pikto2" & @CRLF & _ "Schuhkappe: FUS Schuhkappe" & @CRLF & _ "Einlegesohle: FUS Einlegesohle" & @CRLF & _ "Einlegesohle sonstige: FUS Einlegesohle Sonstige" & @CRLF & _ "Zwischensohle: FUS Zwischensohle" & @CRLF & _ "Zwischensohle sonstige: FUS Zwischensohle Sonstige" & @CRLF & _ "Brandsohle: FUS Brandsohle" & @CRLF & _ "Laufsohle: FUS Laufsohle" & @CRLF & _ "Ausstattung: Ausstattung" & @CRLF & _ "Geeigneter Untergrund: FUS Geeigneter Untergrund" & @CRLF & _ "Sicherheitsschuhklasse: FUS Sicherheitsklassen" & @CRLF & _ "Schutzschuh Klasse: FUS Schutzklasse" & @CRLF & _ "Berufsschuh Klasse: FUS Berufsschuhklasse" Local $sSubst = "\2" 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