Regular Expressions 101

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  • A single character of: a, b or c
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  • Any single character
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    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
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    a{3,}
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    a{3,6}
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Regular Expression
No Match

r"
"
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)[^\d]((\+49|0049|0)1[567]\d{1,2}([ \-/]*\d){7})(?!\d)" Local $sString = "################################### This is allowed ##########################" & @CRLF & _ "+49 15207930698" & @CRLF & _ "+49 15207955279" & @CRLF & _ "+49 915175461907" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+4915207829969" & @CRLF & _ "+4915368831169" & @CRLF & _ "+491771399487" & @CRLF & _ "+4917697300278" & @CRLF & _ "+4915902955865" & @CRLF & _ "+491771789427" & @CRLF & _ "+4917697400179" & @CRLF & _ "+4915903904567" & @CRLF & _ "+4915902944599" & @CRLF & _ "+491739341284" & @CRLF & _ "+4915902944599" & @CRLF & _ "+4915903904567" & @CRLF & _ "The number +491739341284 with some text" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Germany  +4915255687865Total SMS: 6758" & @CRLF & _ "This number 015731294508 we need!" & @CRLF & _ "015731294508" & @CRLF & _ "015735995842" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "015168433343" & @CRLF & _ "Here:015731294508Hallo" & @CRLF & _ "Here:015731294508" & @CRLF & _ "<td>01573 / 1294-508</tr>" & @CRLF & _ "<td>015731294508</tr>" & @CRLF & _ "Eine Nummer: 01515 84 333 78" & @CRLF & _ "Wichtige Nummer:015731294508." & @CRLF & _ "Noch eine Nummer-015731294508," & @CRLF & _ "015731294508Hier" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<td>01573 1294 508</tr>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "################################### This is NOT allowed ##########################" & @CRLF & _ "012345678901234" & @CRLF & _ "123w345345345345" & @CRLF & _ "0123456789101191919" & @CRLF & _ "+4915902" & @CRLF & _ "+491590123" & @CRLF & _ "+4915903567" & @CRLF & _ "+49177178796" & @CRLF & _ "+49159039012341" & @CRLF & _ "+491590345985412" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Invalid number +491590345985412 within text" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+12127319863" & @CRLF & _ "+13322014056" & @CRLF & _ "+12126712234" & @CRLF & _ "+427532697710" & @CRLF & _ "+417868150810" & @CRLF & _ "+287533002875" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+49 1739341284" & @CRLF & _ "(+49) 1739341284" & @CRLF & _ "+49 17 39 34 12 84" & @CRLF & _ "+49 (1739) 34 12 84" & @CRLF & _ "+(49) (1739) 34 12 84" & @CRLF & _ "+49 (1739) 34-12-84" & @CRLF & _ "" & @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