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]
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    [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
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    \D
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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  • 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
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Regular Expression

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)^(drv:\d+)(?:[\s\S]+?(?:Name|Serial|Port):.*$){3}\n\h*(\[[^\]]+?])" Local $sString = "HDClone 6 Enterprise Edition" & @CRLF & _ "Serial: 1111111111" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Miray Software AG" & @CRLF & _ "Gaissacher Str. 18" & @CRLF & _ "81371 Munich" & @CRLF & _ "Germany" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Detecting drives." & @CRLF & _ "drv:0 Name: WDC WD40EZRZ-00WN9B0 (4,000,754 MB)" & @CRLF & _ " Serial: WD-WCC4E0ESU7YK" & @CRLF & _ " Port: 0/1/1/0" & @CRLF & _ " [ -, M:, X: ]" & @CRLF & _ "To specify this drive, use the following parameters:" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrv:/-dstdrv:0" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:"WDC WD40EZRZ-00WN9B0"" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:"WDC WD40EZRZ-00WN9B0WD-WCC4E0ESU7YK"" & @CRLF & _ "-srvdrvp:/-dstdrvp:0/1/1/0" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "drv:1 Name: ST2000DM001-1CH164 (2,000,399 MB)" & @CRLF & _ " Serial: S1E1GA0V" & @CRLF & _ " Port: 0/1/1/1" & @CRLF & _ " [ S:, T: ]" & @CRLF & _ "To specify this drive, use the following parameters:" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrv:/-dstdrv:1" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:ST2000DM001-1CH164" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:ST2000DM001-1CH164S1E1GA0V" & @CRLF & _ "-srvdrvp:/-dstdrvp:0/1/1/1" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "drv:2 Name: ST2000DM001-1CH164 (2,000,399 MB)" & @CRLF & _ " Serial: S1E1GC0Z" & @CRLF & _ " Port: 0/0/0/1" & @CRLF & _ " [ B:, P: ]" & @CRLF & _ "To specify this drive, use the following parameters:" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrv:/-dstdrv:2" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:ST2000DM001-1CH164" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:ST2000DM001-1CH164S1E1GC0Z" & @CRLF & _ "-srvdrvp:/-dstdrvp:0/0/0/1" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "drv:3 Name: WDC WD10EADS-11M2B2 (1,000,205 MB)" & @CRLF & _ " Serial: WD-WCAV5D430071" & @CRLF & _ " Port: 0/0/2/0" & @CRLF & _ " [ -, V: ]" & @CRLF & _ "To specify this drive, use the following parameters:" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrv:/-dstdrv:3" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:"WDC WD10EADS-11M2B2"" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:"WDC WD10EADS-11M2B2WD-WCAV5D430071"" & @CRLF & _ "-srvdrvp:/-dstdrvp:0/0/2/0" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "drv:4 Name: KINGSTON SMS200S360G (60,023 MB)" & @CRLF & _ " Serial: 50026B72440A6EE7" & @CRLF & _ " Port: 0/1/3/0" & @CRLF & _ " [ C: ]" & @CRLF & _ "To specify this drive, use the following parameters:" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrv:/-dstdrv:4" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:"KINGSTON SMS200S360G"" & @CRLF & _ "-srcdrvn:/-dstdrvn:"KINGSTON SMS200S360G50026B72440A6EE7"" & @CRLF & _ "-srvdrvp:/-dstdrvp:0/1/3/0" 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