Regular Expressions 101

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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)(?:.*?^0\,){1}" Local $sString = ""REC01"," & @CRLF & _ ""Recipe1"," & @CRLF & _ "10," & @CRLF & _ """," & @CRLF & _ """," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "2000," & @CRLF & _ ""0101"," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ ""126"," & @CRLF & _ ""REC01"," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "0," & @CRLF & _ "0," & @CRLF & _ "5," & @CRLF & _ "38.182,"11200","Ingredient1"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "12.121,"11800","Ingredient2"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "27.475,"30910","Ingredient3"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "2.020,"26200","Ingredient4"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "20.202,"C01","Ingredient5"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "0," & @CRLF & _ ""REC02"," & @CRLF & _ ""Recipe2"," & @CRLF & _ "10," & @CRLF & _ ""13/04/21"," & @CRLF & _ ""13/04/21"," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "1000," & @CRLF & _ ""0101"," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ ""17"," & @CRLF & _ ""REC02"," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "0," & @CRLF & _ "0," & @CRLF & _ "3," & @CRLF & _ "61.600,"11200","Ingredient1"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "23.400,"30910","Ingredient3"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "15.000,"BR-F01","Ingredient6"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "0," & @CRLF & _ ""REC03"," & @CRLF & _ ""Recipe3"," & @CRLF & _ "10," & @CRLF & _ ""19/03/21"," & @CRLF & _ ""19/03/21"," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "1000," & @CRLF & _ ""0103"," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ ""28"," & @CRLF & _ ""REC03"," & @CRLF & _ "" "," & @CRLF & _ "0," & @CRLF & _ "0," & @CRLF & _ "9," & @CRLF & _ "64.450,"11200","Ingredient1"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "12.700,"30910","Ingredient3"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "2.000,"20600","Ingredient7"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "12.000,"27220","Ingredient8"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "0.320,"584","Ingredient9"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "0.830,"588","Ingredient10"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "0.050,"599","Ingredient11"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "0.040,"600","Ingredient12"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "7.610,"585","Ingredient13"," "," ","1"," & @CRLF & _ "0," 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