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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

/
/
gm

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)([\w-]+[_][\w-]*)" Local $sString = "904-555-1212_Ramada-Holiday-opt2" & @CRLF & _ "foo ABC_TEMP_11_2011_09-02_9045551234-opt2 foo " & @CRLF & _ "foo abc_TEMP_11_2011_09-02_9045551234 foo " & @CRLF & _ "foo 904-900-2197_9045551212 foo " & @CRLF & _ "foo FooBar_AL_2055551212 foo " & @CRLF & _ "foo 904-555-1212_9045551212 foo " & @CRLF & _ "Maintenance Notification 7725551212 Phone FooBaz_at_St_Lucie_West_FL_7725551212 liveCallback" & @CRLF & _ "1@FooFoo_at_Summerwood_TX_2814581010|sg(14)" & @CRLF & _ "users/Jacksonville_FL/MG|m" & @CRLF & _ "Office Notification 5105551212 Phone Los_Angeles_CA" & @CRLF & _ "Maintenance LogIn" & @CRLF & _ "Courtesy Transfer 8665551212" & @CRLF & _ "SIP/trunk_2_abc/18669302777" & @CRLF & _ "1@Popes_Hat_NC_7045551212|sg(14)" & @CRLF & _ "users/Frogs_Feet_Washington_DC_2025551212/MG|m" & @CRLF & _ "users/Mt_Food_Portland_OR_5035551212/INTRO|m" & @CRLF & _ "SIP/trunk_2_icc/18669302777" & @CRLF & _ "3@Jelly_Bean_NC_8285551212|sg(14)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "" 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