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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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gm

Test String

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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)'controllers' => \[\s*\K('factories' => )(\[((?>[^][]++|(?2))*)])" Local $sString = "<?php" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "namespace Application;" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "use Laminas\Router\Http\Literal;" & @CRLF & _ "use Laminas\Router\Http\Segment;" & @CRLF & _ "use Laminas\ServiceManager\Factory\InvokableFactory;" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "return [" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " 'view_manager' => [" & @CRLF & _ " 'template_path_stack' => [" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " __DIR__ . '/../view'," & @CRLF & _ " __DIR__ . '/../view/Application/_shared'" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " ]," & @CRLF & _ " ]," & @CRLF & _ " 'controllers' => [" & @CRLF & _ " 'factories' => [" & @CRLF & _ " dsdsa" & @CRLF & _ " ]" & @CRLF & _ " ]," & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " 'service_manager' => [" & @CRLF & _ " 'factories' => [" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " 'UsersTableGateway' => function ($sm) {" & @CRLF & _ " $dbAdapter = $sm->get('Laminas\Db\Adapter\Adapter');" & @CRLF & _ " $resultSetPrototype = new \Laminas\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet();" & @CRLF & _ " //get base url from config" & @CRLF & _ " $config = $sm->get('Config');" & @CRLF & _ " $baseUrl = $config['view_manager']['base_url'];" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " //pass base url via cnstructor to the User class" & @CRLF & _ " $resultSetPrototype->setArrayObjectPrototype(new Model\Rowset\User($baseUrl));" & @CRLF & _ " return new Utils\TableGateway('users', $dbAdapter, null, $resultSetPrototype);" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " 'Application\Model\UsersTable' => function($sm) {" & @CRLF & _ " $tableGateway = $sm->get('UsersTableGateway');" & @CRLF & _ " $table = new Model\UsersTable($tableGateway);" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " return $table;" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " Utils\Authentication::class => function($sm) {" & @CRLF & _ " $auth = new Utils\Authentication(" & @CRLF & _ " $sm->get(\Laminas\Db\Adapter\Adapter::class)," & @CRLF & _ " $sm->get(Utils\Adapter::class) " & @CRLF & _ " );" & @CRLF & _ " return $auth;" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " Utils\Helper::class => InvokableFactory::class," & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " SessionManager::class => function ($container) {" & @CRLF & _ " $config = $container->get('config');" & @CRLF & _ " $session = $config['session'];" & @CRLF & _ " $sessionConfig = new $session['config']['class']();" & @CRLF & _ " $sessionConfig->setOptions($session['config']['options']);" & @CRLF & _ " $sessionManager = new Session\SessionManager(" & @CRLF & _ " $sessionConfig," & @CRLF & _ " new $session['storage']()," & @CRLF & _ " null" & @CRLF & _ " );" & @CRLF & _ " \Laminas\Session\Container::setDefaultManager($sessionManager);" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " return $sessionManager;" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " ]," & @CRLF & _ " ]," & @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