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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
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  • 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

Regular Expression

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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)^((?: )*).+(?:\n\1((?: )+).*)(?:\n\1(?:(?: )+).*)*" Local $sString = "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "i need help" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "for i in range(math.ceil(30/len(word)), 0, -1):" & @CRLF & _ " if len(tried) > 0:" & @CRLF & _ " print("so far you have tried ", ", ".join(tried))" & @CRLF & _ " print("lives", i)" & @CRLF & _ " while "_" in show:" & @CRLF & _ " print(show)" & @CRLF & _ " letter = input("type your guess : ")" & @CRLF & _ " if letter in tried:" & @CRLF & _ " print("You already tried that letter!")" & @CRLF & _ " continue" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " tried.extend(letter)" & @CRLF & _ " if letter in word:" & @CRLF & _ " # loop" & @CRLF & _ " print("You got it right!")" & @CRLF & _ " for l in range(0, len(word)):" & @CRLF & _ " if word[l] == letter:" & @CRLF & _ " show = show[:l] + letter + show[l+1:]" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " else:" & @CRLF & _ " print("You guess incorrectly :(")" & @CRLF & _ " break" & @CRLF & _ " if "_" not in show:" & @CRLF & _ " print("You won!")" & @CRLF & _ " exit()" & @CRLF & _ "print("You lost :(")" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "hi i want help on my skript" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "```" & @CRLF & _ "command /ownerrankgrant [<player>]:" & @CRLF & _ " permission: op" & @CRLF & _ " permission message: &cNOPE! NOT YET" & @CRLF & _ " trigger:" & @CRLF & _ " add arg-1 to {owner::*}" & @CRLF & _ " make console execute command "/op %arg-1%"" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " trigger:" & @CRLF & _ " add arg-1 to {owner::*}" & @CRLF & _ " make console execute command "/op %arg-1%"" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "on chat:" & @CRLF & _ " if {owner::*} contains the player:" & @CRLF & _ " set chat format to "&6&l[&e&lOWNER&6&l] &e%player% &f>> &b%message%"" & @CRLF & _ " else:" & @CRLF & _ " set chat format to "&8[&7DEFAULT&8] &7%player% &f>> &7%message%"" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "command /ownerrankremove [<player>]:" & @CRLF & _ " permission: op" & @CRLF & _ " permission message: &cNOPE! NOT YET!" & @CRLF & _ " trigger:" & @CRLF & _ " remove arg-1 from {owner::*}" & @CRLF & _ " make console execute command "/deop %arg-1%"" & @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