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

/
/
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 $sRegex = "(?m)^[^-]*$" Local $sString = "Believing neglected so so allowance existence departure in." & @CRLF & _ "In design active temper be uneasy. Thirty for remove plenty " & @CRLF & _ "regard you summer though. He preference connection astonished " & @CRLF & _ "on of yet. ------ Partiality on or continuing in particular principles as. " & @CRLF & _ "Do believing oh disposing to supported allowance we." & @CRLF & _ "-------" & @CRLF & _ "Admiration we surrounded possession frequently he. " & @CRLF & _ "Remarkably did increasing occasional too its difficulty " & @CRLF & _ "far especially. Known tiled but sorry joy balls. Bed sudden " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "manner indeed fat now feebly. Face do with in need of " & @CRLF & _ "wife paid that be. No me applauded or favourite dashwoods therefore up" & @CRLF & _ "distrusts explained. " & @CRLF & _ "----t--" & @CRLF & _ "------" & @CRLF & _ "And produce say the ten moments parties. Simple innate summer " & @CRLF & _ "fat appear basket his desire joy. Outward clothes promise at gravity " & @CRLF & _ "do excited. " & @CRLF & _ "Sufficient particular impossible by reasonable oh expression is. Yet " & @CRLF & _ "preference " & @CRLF & _ "connection unpleasant yet melancholy but end appearance. And " & @CRLF & _ "excellence partiality " & @CRLF & _ "estimating terminated day everything. " & @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