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  • All Tokens
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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

/
/
g

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 = "(?|([a-zA-Z0-9]+)[({[«]([a-zA-Z\s]+)[)}\]»]|[({[«]([a-zA-Z\s]+)[)}\]»]([a-zA-Z0-9]+))|[({[«]([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(?!\S)|(?<!\S)([a-zA-Z0-9]+)[)}\]»]" Local $sString = "// i want to mark for single brackets examples below other heighlight pattren not disturb.please" & @CRLF & _ "(weather // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weather) // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "(weather is good // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weather is good) // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weathe)r" & @CRLF & _ "wea(ther" & @CRLF & _ "and same for other brackets {,[,«" & @CRLF & _ "{weather // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weather} // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "{weather is good // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weather is good} // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weathe}r // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weathe{r // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[weather // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weather] // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "[weather is good // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weather is good] // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weathe]r // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weathe[r // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "«weather // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weather} // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "«weather is good // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weather is good» // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weathe»r // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "weathe»r // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(Weather) is good. // not need to mark this beacuase this word correct word" & @CRLF & _ "Weath(er) is good. // mark" & @CRLF & _ "Weath(er is good). // mark" & @CRLF & _ "Weather (is) (good)." & @CRLF & _ "My name is Rah(eel) // mark" & @CRLF & _ "Best pro(duct) // mark" & @CRLF & _ "(Weather is good) // not need to mark this beacuase this word konown word" & @CRLF & _ "we(ather)" & @CRLF & _ "(weath)er is good. // mark" & @CRLF & _ "(weath)er // mark" & @CRLF & _ "weather(is fine)" & @CRLF & _ "weather is good" & @CRLF & _ "{weather is good} //not need to mark correct" & @CRLF & _ "weat{er is good} // mark" & @CRLF & _ "we{ather} is fine // mark" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "{weathe}r is fine // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "{weather is fin}e // i want to mark this word" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[weather is good] //not need to mark correct" & @CRLF & _ "weat[her is good] // mark" & @CRLF & _ "we[ather] is fine // mark" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[weathe]r is fine // mark" & @CRLF & _ "[weather is f]ine // mark" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "we[ather] is fine // mark" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "«weather is good» //not need to mark" & @CRLF & _ "weat«her is good» // mark" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "we«ather» is fine // mark" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "«weat»her is fine // mark" & @CRLF & _ "«weather is fi»ne // mark" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @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