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

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xm

Test String

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?xm)^" & @CRLF & _ "(?<FirstLine> # First line capturing group" & @CRLF & _ " (?<Passport>P) # Passport character capturing group (P char, length 1)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<PassportType>.) # Passport Type (any char, generally <, length 1)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<IssuingCountry>[AFG]{3}) # To be completed with the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes (length 3)" & @CRLF & _ " # Or in alternative it can be checked for char only as" & @CRLF & _ " # (?<IssuingCountry>[A-Z<]{3}) if check state not necessary" & @CRLF & _ " (?<PassportOwner> # Passport owner capturing group !Does not check for length 39!" & @CRLF & _ " (?<Surname>[A-Z]+) # Surname, it has to be followed by <<" & @CRLF & _ " <<" & @CRLF & _ " (?<GivenName> # Given Name" & @CRLF & _ " (?:[A-Z]+<?)+" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " [<]+" & @CRLF & _ " ){1}" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "\n" & @CRLF & _ "(?<SecondLine> # Second Line capturing group" & @CRLF & _ " (?<PassportNumber>[A-Z0-9<]{9}) # Passport number, length 9, padded with <" & @CRLF & _ " (?<CheckDigit19>[0-9]{1}) # Check digit for position 1 to 9" & @CRLF & _ " (?<Nationality>\g{IssuingCountry}) # Nationality, follows the same rule as match group 4" & @CRLF & _ " (?<DoB> # Date Of Birth" & @CRLF & _ " (?<DoBYear>[0-9]{2})" & @CRLF & _ " (?<DoBMonth>(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2]))" & @CRLF & _ " (?<DoBDay>(?:0[1-9]|(?:1|2)[0-9]|3[01]))" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<CheckDigit1419>[0-9]) # Check digit for position 14 to 19" & @CRLF & _ " (?<Sex>[MF<]) # Sex (Male, Female or not defined)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<Expiral> # Expiral date" & @CRLF & _ " (?<ExpiralYear>[0-9]{2}) # W" & @CRLF & _ " (?<ExpiralMonth>(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2]))" & @CRLF & _ " (?<ExpiralDay>(?:0[1-9]|(?:1|2)[0-9]|3[01]))" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<CheckDigit2227>[0-9]) # Check digit for position 22 to 27" & @CRLF & _ " (?<PersonalNumber>[A-Z0-9<]{14}) # Personal number padded with <" & @CRLF & _ " (?<CheckDigit2942>[0-9<]) # Check digit for position 29 to 42 (can be < empty)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<CheckDigitF>[0-9]) # Check digit" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "$" Local $sString = "P<AFGERIKSSON<<ANNA<MARIA<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<" & @CRLF & _ "L898902C<3AFG6908061F9406236ZE184226B<<<<<14" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @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