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
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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    (...)
  • 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 $sRegex = "(?m)^0(?:2(?:12|3[45789]|[45][1-9]|6[0-9]|7[0-8]|8[1235678]|9[1-5])|4(?:1[246]|2[46]))\d{7}$" Local $sString = "02481234567" & @CRLF & _ "02811234567" & @CRLF & _ "02821234567" & @CRLF & _ "02831234567" & @CRLF & _ "02351234567" & @CRLF & _ "02471234567" & @CRLF & _ "02781234567" & @CRLF & _ "02431234567" & @CRLF & _ "02441234567" & @CRLF & _ "02451234567" & @CRLF & _ "02461234567" & @CRLF & _ "02731234567" & @CRLF & _ "02781234567" & @CRLF & _ "02351234567" & @CRLF & _ "02851234567" & @CRLF & _ "02861234567" & @CRLF & _ "02881234567" & @CRLF & _ "02411234567" & @CRLF & _ "02421234567" & @CRLF & _ "02431234567" & @CRLF & _ "02451234567" & @CRLF & _ "02491234567" & @CRLF & _ "02581234567" & @CRLF & _ "02871234567" & @CRLF & _ "02121234567" & @CRLF & _ "02591234567" & @CRLF & _ "02681234567" & @CRLF & _ "02691234567" & @CRLF & _ "02371234567" & @CRLF & _ "02351234567" & @CRLF & _ "02381234567" & @CRLF & _ "02461234567" & @CRLF & _ "02471234567" & @CRLF & _ "02511234567" & @CRLF & _ "02521234567" & @CRLF & _ "02531234567" & @CRLF & _ "02711234567" & @CRLF & _ "02731234567" & @CRLF & _ "02741234567" & @CRLF & _ "02751234567" & @CRLF & _ "02121234567" & @CRLF & _ "02341234567" & @CRLF & _ "02391234567" & @CRLF & _ "02871234567" & @CRLF & _ "02911234567" & @CRLF & _ "02921234567" & @CRLF & _ "02951234567" & @CRLF & _ "02551234567" & @CRLF & _ "02561234567" & @CRLF & _ "02571234567" & @CRLF & _ "02931234567" & @CRLF & _ "02941234567" & @CRLF & _ "02761234567" & @CRLF & _ "02771234567" & @CRLF & _ "02711234567" & @CRLF & _ "02721234567" & @CRLF & _ "02121234567" & @CRLF & _ "02511234567" & @CRLF & _ "02531234567" & @CRLF & _ "02541234567" & @CRLF & _ "02611234567" & @CRLF & _ "02621234567" & @CRLF & _ "02631234567" & @CRLF & _ "02641234567" & @CRLF & _ "02651234567" & @CRLF & _ "02661234567" & @CRLF & _ "02671234567" & @CRLF & _ "02711234567" & @CRLF & _ "02751234567" & @CRLF & _ "02601234567" & @CRLF & _ "02701234567" & @CRLF & _ "04121234567" & @CRLF & _ "04141234567" & @CRLF & _ "04241234567" & @CRLF & _ "04161234567" & @CRLF & _ "04261234567" & @CRLF & _ "04271234567" & @CRLF & _ "02131234567" 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