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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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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/
gm

Test String

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)[\s\S]*\\underline{(.*?)} (.*)}[\s\S]*verifiëren & ([\s\S]*?) \\\\[\s\S]*" Local $sString = "% 14" & @CRLF & _ " \item \textbf{\underline{Belangrijk:} Het systeem moet de gebruiker in staat stellen aanpasbare drempelwaarden voor de vitale functies van de patiënt in te stellen, zodat automatische waarschuwingen naar de zorgverlener worden gestuurd wanneer de vitale functies van de patiënt buiten deze drempelwaarden vallen, en automatisch gebeurtenissen worden opgenomen (8)} " & @CRLF & _ " \begin{table}[ht]" & @CRLF & _ " \centering" & @CRLF & _ " \begin{tblr}{" & @CRLF & _ " colspec={X[l]X[l]}," & @CRLF & _ " row{1}={bg=gray!20}," & @CRLF & _ " row{even}={bg=gray!10}," & @CRLF & _ " row{1}={font=\bfseries}," & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " Criteria & \\ " & @CRLF & _ " \toprule" & @CRLF & _ " Moeilijkheid taak (voor gebruiker) & Makkelijk/Gemiddeld/Moeilijk \\" & @CRLF & _ " Stappen om te verifiëren & 1. Verifieer dat het dashboard toegankelijk is" & @CRLF & _ " \newline 2. Verifieer dat alle streams verbonden zijn en live zijn \\" & @CRLF & _ " Problemen, indien aanwezig tijdens het uitvoeren van de taak & \\" & @CRLF & _ " Is het gewenste resultaat bereikt? & \\" & @CRLF & _ " Aanvullende test- en validatiemethoden & \\" & @CRLF & _ " Overige opmerkingen & \\" & @CRLF & _ " \bottomrule" & @CRLF & _ " \end{tblr}" & @CRLF & _ " \end{table}" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "\\repeatTable\n {$1}\n {$2}\n {$3}\n" Local $sResult = StringRegExpReplace($sString, $sRegex, $sSubst) MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Result", $sResult)

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