Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

/
/
gm

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 = "(?m)^\w+(\s\w&\w)" Local $sString = "Employee Communications & Engagement, WB" & @CRLF & _ "SVP of Global Insights & Analytics, WB" & @CRLF & _ "SVP of Nonfiction, HBO Max" & @CRLF & _ "VP of Talent Relations and Development, TCM" & @CRLF & _ "Global Franchise Management, DC" & @CRLF & _ "WB Technology Group" & @CRLF & _ "President, EMEA & APAC" & @CRLF & _ "SVP & CFO, EMEA & APAC" & @CRLF & _ "Director, Service Delivery" & @CRLF & _ "SVP for Sales and Client Partnerships, Legacy Turner" & @CRLF & _ "Technical Director, WarnerMedia" & @CRLF & _ "Dir. of Brand Distribution, WarnerMedia" & @CRLF & _ "Dir. Strategic & Consumer Insights, Turner Sports" & @CRLF & _ "Manager for Digital Asset & Photo Library, Brand Experience" & @CRLF & _ "Creative Manager for Creative Services, Cartoon Network" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// 2 words" & @CRLF & _ "Cincinnati Bearcats" & @CRLF & _ "Miami (FL) Hurricanes" & @CRLF & _ "Miami (OH) Redhawks" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// three words " & @CRLF & _ "South Florida Bulls // 2.1 " & @CRLF & _ " Saint Joseph's Hawks" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Duke Blue Devils // 1.2" & @CRLF & _ " UNLV Runnin' Rebels // with apostrophe" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// 4 words" & @CRLF & _ "North Carolina Tar Heels" & @CRLF & _ "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" & @CRLF & _ "St John's Red Storm" & @CRLF & _ "Florida A&M Rattlers" & @CRLF & _ "William & Mary Tribe" & @CRLF & _ "St Francis (PA) Red Flash" & @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