Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
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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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Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?i)(\[(?<first>icode|quote|code)[^\]]*?\](?:[\s]*?.)*?[\s]*?\[\/(\k<first>)\])(*SKIP)(*F)|(?![^<]*>|[^\[]*\])"([^"]*?)"" Local $sString = "[quote]Id in voluptatem [U]odit itaque[/U] ea. Qui eum [URL='http://#']fugiat[/URL] doloribus dicta nisi. [icode]Exercitationem sit error maxime aperiam quaerat hic deleniti quidem[/icode]. Totam laudantium aut quia. "Sint ut ut vel ratione," Qui porro eaque enim fugit." & @CRLF & _ "[/quote]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Quam consequatur consequatur voluptate molestiae explicabo [icode]qui consectetur[/ICODE], "Voluptatem saepe [b]ex adipisci aut est rem[/b]." Numquam a cupiditate non officiis sed aspernatur." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[quote="Lorem Ipsum, post: 12345, member: 123"]Aut deleniti nihil sit. Saepe dolorem blanditiis nemo. Ab et cumque nesciunt. Quos velit vel nam porro.[/quote]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[spoiler="Name"]Unde et eius tempore consequatur. "Vitae est ut et," est numquam.""[/spoiler]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Quo <span style="color: #24c4f9"><b>suscipit</b></span> sequi id ratione "doloribus omnis"." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit." & @CRLF & _ """ & @CRLF & _ "Maecenas sed nibh ac neque semper finibus." & @CRLF & _ "Saepe dolorem blanditiis nemo." & @CRLF & _ """ & @CRLF & _ "</b></span>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[CODE=html]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Vivamus hendrerit augue "volutpat", consequat risus sed, dignissim orci." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Fusce sed pellentesque ipsum. Suspendisse nisi odio, gravida sed leo ut, tristique posuere felis." & @CRLF & _ "[/CODE]" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Ut tempor vestibulum viverra. Vivamus imperdiet fringilla est fermentum facilisis. Quisque nec massa sit amet augue eleifend condimentum at nec arcu." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[CENTER][B]Quam consequa[/B] "tur c[I]onse[/I]quatur". Eum molestias "et" doloribus et rem dolorem vero qui.[/CENTER]" 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