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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 <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)Match all movie titles containing a word end in 'tes'" Local $sString = "Enemy at the Gates" & @CRLF & _ "First Love, Last Rites" & @CRLF & _ "BrĂ¼no" & @CRLF & _ "30 Minutes or Less" & @CRLF & _ "The Ice Pirates" & @CRLF & _ "The Mighty Macs" & @CRLF & _ "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" & @CRLF & _ "Blood Diamond" & @CRLF & _ "50 First Dates" & @CRLF & _ "The Greatest Game Ever Played" & @CRLF & _ "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" & @CRLF & _ "The World's Fastest Indian" & @CRLF & _ "Van Wilder: Party Liaison" & @CRLF & _ "200 Cigarettes" & @CRLF & _ "Midnight in Paris" & @CRLF & _ "The Greatest Story Ever Told" & @CRLF & _ "Kites" & @CRLF & _ "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie" & @CRLF & _ "Notes on a Scandal" & @CRLF & _ "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" & @CRLF & _ "88 Minutes" & @CRLF & _ "The Ladykillers" & @CRLF & _ "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" & @CRLF & _ "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" & @CRLF & _ "Bangkok Dangerous" & @CRLF & _ "ATL" & @CRLF & _ "90 Minutes in Heaven" & @CRLF & _ "The Greatest Show on Earth" & @CRLF & _ "The Sweetest Thing" & @CRLF & _ "Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time" & @CRLF & _ "From Dusk Till Dawn" & @CRLF & _ "The White Countess" & @CRLF & _ "Olympus Has Fallen" & @CRLF & _ "Akira" & @CRLF & _ "Bend It Like Beckham" & @CRLF & _ "The Art of Getting By" & @CRLF & _ "World's Greatest Dad" & @CRLF & _ "The Greatest" & @CRLF & _ "Irreplaceable" & @CRLF & _ "Gridiron Gang" & @CRLF & _ "20 Dates" & @CRLF & _ "Romance & Cigarettes" & @CRLF & _ "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" & @CRLF & _ "Dick Tracy" & @CRLF & _ "Bathory: Countess of Blood" & @CRLF & _ "The Cure" & @CRLF & _ "15 Minutes" & @CRLF & _ "The Past is a Grotesque Animal" & @CRLF & _ "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" & @CRLF & _ "Surrogates" & @CRLF & _ "Sleep Tight" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYGLOBALFULLMATCH) Local $aFullArray[0] For $i = 0 To UBound($aArray) -1 _ArrayConcatenate($aFullArray, $aArray[$i]) Next $aArray = $aFullArray ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($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