Regular Expressions 101

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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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igx

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 = "(?ix)#opening tag" & @CRLF & _ "\{(RAW|ACCESS|DWNLINK|MODL|\w+)" & @CRLF & _ " #optional attributes" & @CRLF & _ " (?>" & @CRLF & _ " \{ ([^}]*) }" & @CRLF & _ " )?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#optional text and closing tag" & @CRLF & _ "(?:" & @CRLF & _ " ( #text:= any char except "{", or a "{" not followed by /commandname" & @CRLF & _ " [^{]*+" & @CRLF & _ " (?>\{(?!/?\1[{}])[^{]*)*?" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " #closing tag" & @CRLF & _ " \{/\1}" & @CRLF & _ ")?" Local $sString = "<div class="blog-list-item blog"><header class="entry-title">" & @CRLF & _ " <h1>Welcome to our website</h1>" & @CRLF & _ " </header><article id="entry-72" class="entry post-72 page et-bg-layout-dark et-white-bg"><div class="jumbotron row">" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="col-md-8">" & @CRLF & _ "<ul>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>You have a pending job on your neck?&hellip;</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Do your company need a website makeover ?&hellip;</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Or a competitive web application ? ?&hellip;</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Do you need a customized plugin, or a tweak ?&hellip;</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Maybe you want a personal website ?&hellip;</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Or a graphic for your new project ?&hellip;</li>" & @CRLF & _ "</ul>" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="bg-primary well">" & @CRLF & _ "<h4 class="text-center text-white shadow">Track your project as we work it to perfection...</h4>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="pull-right col-md-4">" & @CRLF & _ "<h4 class="bg-primary text-white well">Other services we offer</h4>" & @CRLF & _ "{ACCESS{type=500}}" & @CRLF & _ "<ul>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>SEO work for an existing website or new</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Bulk SMS</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>E-currency exchange</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Facebook AD</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Google AD</li>" & @CRLF & _ "</ul>" & @CRLF & _ "{/ACCESS}</div>" & @CRLF & _ "{RAW{say=email,access=500}} {RAW} <a class="btn button large tall green" href="client-area">Place new Job now as we deliver at the quickest <em>reasonable time</em></a>{/RAW}</div></article></div>" 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