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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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 $sRegex = "(?m)^(.*?)(?:\'s.*)?(?:\s*(?:Original|Extended|Club|Vocal|Dub|DJ|Tech|Summer of Love|12\"))*\s+(?:Remix|Rework|Remake|Reboot|Mix|Bootleg|Version|Edit)$" Local $sString = "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Vocal Club Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Vocal Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Arbe & Dann Rework" & @CRLF & _ "Protoculture Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Club Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Above & Beyond Extended Club Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Above & Beyond Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Daniel Kandi Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Myon Extended Summer of Love Reboot" & @CRLF & _ "Above & Beyond Club Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Mike Shiver's Catching Sun Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Millennial's On Full Force Extended Remix" & @CRLF & _ "DJ Tiesto's Magikal Remake" & @CRLF & _ "Dustin Husain Bootleg" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Version" & @CRLF & _ "Daniel Kandi Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Above & Beyond Club Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Cosmic Gate Vocal Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Armin van Buuren Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Above & Beyond Extended Club Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Maor Levi Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "gardenstate Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "RYDEX Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Stratos Kokotas Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Niko Zografos Extended Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Simon Bostock Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Cold Blue Extended Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Judah Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Hybrid's Supersonic Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Activa Extended Rework" & @CRLF & _ "DJ Version" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Version" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Tech Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Talla 2XLC Extended Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Audien Remix" & @CRLF & _ "Extended Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" & @CRLF & _ "Original Mix" 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