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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • 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

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?mxJ)^[ ]{0,3} # Leading space up to 3" & @CRLF & _ "(?<link_all>" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\\)\[ # ID within brackets" & @CRLF & _ " (?!\^) # Make sure, this is not confused with a footnote" & @CRLF & _ " (?<link_id>.+?)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\\)\]" & @CRLF & _ " [ \t]* # Possibly with some space before colon" & @CRLF & _ " \:" & @CRLF & _ " [ \t]*\n?[ \t]* # Possibly with some space after the colon, possibly with a new line in between?" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " <(?<link_url>[^\>]+)> # link within <>" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " (?<link_url>\S+) # or link without <>" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " [ \t]+ # Either some space or tabs" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " [ \t]*\n[ \t]* # or a new line surrounded by 0 or more spaces or tabs" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?<link_title_container>['"]) # Title is surrounded ether by double or single quotes" & @CRLF & _ " (?<link_title>.+?)" & @CRLF & _ " \g{link_title_container} # make the sure enclosing mark balance" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " | # or" & @CRLF & _ " \((?<link_title>[^\)]+)\) # by parenthesis" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " )?" & @CRLF & _ " [ \t]* # Possibly ending with some trailing spaces or tab" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "(?:\n+|\Z) # terminated by a new line or end of file" Local $sString = "[1]: /url/ "Title"" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[refid]: /path/to/something (Title)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[^block]:" & @CRLF & _ " Paragraph." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " * List item" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " > Blockquote" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " Code block" & @CRLF & _ "" 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