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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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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/
/
g

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#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "<span.*>(.*?)<\/span>" Local $sString = "<!--WYSIWYG content - do not remove this comment, and never use this identical text in your topics-->" & @CRLF & _ "<p>-- <span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">Main.SeanOReilly</span> - 2017-08-30</p>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML">Technology used</h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">[[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/rest-data-services/overview/index.html][ORDS (Oracle REST data services)]]</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML"></h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML">REST concepts</h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">" & @CRLF & _ "<tbody>" & @CRLF & _ "<tr>" & @CRLF & _ "<td>GET</td>" & @CRLF & _ "<td class="align-left" style="text-align: left">select</td>" & @CRLF & _ "</tr>" & @CRLF & _ "<tr>" & @CRLF & _ "<td>POST</td>" & @CRLF & _ "<td class="align-left" style="text-align: left">insert</td>" & @CRLF & _ "</tr>" & @CRLF & _ "<tr>" & @CRLF & _ "<td>PUT</td>" & @CRLF & _ "<td class="align-left" style="text-align: left">update</td>" & @CRLF & _ "</tr>" & @CRLF & _ "<tr>" & @CRLF & _ "<td>DELETE</td>" & @CRLF & _ "<td class="align-left" style="text-align: left">delete</td>" & @CRLF & _ "</tr>" & @CRLF & _ "</tbody>" & @CRLF & _ "</table>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML"></h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML">Settings</h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><img title="ORDS_ords_admin.JPG" src="http://itwiki.core.kmtltd.net.au/pub/Main/SupplyChainIntl/RESTDataAPI/ORDS_ords_admin.JPG" alt="ORDS_ords_admin.JPG" width="356" height="281" /></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><img title="ORDS_ords_dev.JPG" src="http://itwiki.core.kmtltd.net.au/pub/Main/SupplyChainIntl/RESTDataAPI/ORDS_ords_dev.JPG" alt="ORDS_ords_dev.JPG" width="356" height="281" /></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">[[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/rest-data-services/learnmore/index.html]]</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML">Kmart Developer website</h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">[[https://developer.core.kmtltd.net.au/]]</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML">Data dictionary</h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">ProductNumber</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">UnitQuantity</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML">Development notes</h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<p>\\warthog\grpdata\Kmart IT Team\4. Supply Chain &amp; Finance Delivery\1. GIF\1. Apps &amp; Systems\5. Other\Tasks\170823 API</p>" & @CRLF & _ "<h1 class="TML">Examples</h1>" & @CRLF & _ "<h2 class="TML"><span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">AutoREST</span></h2>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">http://kuttsi901:8080/ords/exuts/container/</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<h2 class="TML">Configured REST</h2>" & @CRLF & _ "<p><span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">http://kuttsi901:8080/ords/exuts//v1/container/MAEU8378519</span></p>" Local $sSubst = "\1" 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