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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gmx

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 = "(?mx)^ \h*+ " & @CRLF & _ "(?<VOTERNO> [0-9]+ ) \h+" & @CRLF & _ "(?<SURNAME> \S+ (?>\h\S+)*? ) \h{2,}" & @CRLF & _ "(?<OTHERNAMES> \S+ (?>\h\S+)*? ) \h{2,}" & @CRLF & _ "(?<DOB> [0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4} ) \h+" & @CRLF & _ "(?<SEX> [FM] ) \h+" & @CRLF & _ "(?<APPID_RECNO> [0-9A-Z/]+ ) \h+" & @CRLF & _ "(?<VILLAGE> \S+ (?>\h\S+)* ) " & @CRLF & _ "\h* $" Local $sString = " NATIONAL VOTERS' REGISTER" & @CRLF & _ " ELECTORAL COMMISSION ACT, CAP(140)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "NVR TEXT REGISTER FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS 2015/2016" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " DISTRICT : 12 JOI" & @CRLF & _ " CONSTITUENCY : 035 GRGR RT" & @CRLF & _ " SUB-COUNTY : 11 GHT" & @CRLF & _ " PARISH : 01 ATZ" & @CRLF & _ " POLLING STATION : 01 OT" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " TOTAL: 398" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " NO OF PAGES : 9" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " THE REPUBLIC" & @CRLF & _ " NATIONAL VOTERS' REGISTER" & @CRLF & _ " ELECTORAL COMMISSION ACT, CAP(140)" & @CRLF & _ " NVR TEXT REGISTER FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS 2015/2016" & @CRLF & _ " DISTRICT : 12 JOI PARISH : 01 ATZ" & @CRLF & _ " CONSTITUENCY : 035 GRGR RT POLLING STATION : 01 OT" & @CRLF & _ " SUB-COUNTY : 11 GHT" & @CRLF & _ "VOTER NO SURNAME OTHERNAMES DOB SEX APPID/RECEIPT NO VILLAGE" & @CRLF & _ " 57534676 AAA BBB 01-01-1965 M 0323830000V0C/CM5607 ABC" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " 53276273 CCC DDD 28-07-1981 M 1074620203FUX/CM9007 TTR RR" & @CRLF & _ " TOTAL: 398 PAGE : 1 OF 9" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " THE REPUBLIC" & @CRLF & _ " NATIONAL VOTERS' REGISTER" & @CRLF & _ " ELECTORAL COMMISSION ACT, CAP(140)" & @CRLF & _ " NVR TEXT REGISTER FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS 2015/2016" & @CRLF & _ " DISTRICT : 12 JOI PARISH : 01 ATZ" & @CRLF & _ " CONSTITUENCY : 035 GRGR RT POLLING STATION : 01 OT" & @CRLF & _ " SUB-COUNTY : 11 GHT" & @CRLF & _ "VOTER NO SURNAME OTHERNAMES DOB SEX APPID/RECEIPT NO VILLAGE" & @CRLF & _ " 53390750 EEE FFF 18-04-1978 F 13238200006Z6/CF8507 TTR" & @CRLF & _ " 60977834 GGG HHH 25-05-1979 F 1176520002RK4/CF1907 BREH" 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