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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

/
/
gmx

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 = "(?mx)(?<!\\) # negative look-behind to make sure start is not escaped " & @CRLF & _ "(?: # start non-capture group for all possible match starts" & @CRLF & _ " # group 1, match dollar signs only " & @CRLF & _ " # single or double dollar sign enforced by look-arounds" & @CRLF & _ " ((?<!\$)\${1,2}(?!\$))|" & @CRLF & _ " # group 2, match escaped parenthesis" & @CRLF & _ " (\\\()|" & @CRLF & _ " # group 3, match escaped bracket" & @CRLF & _ " (\\\[)| " & @CRLF & _ " # group 4, match begin equation" & @CRLF & _ " (\\begin\{equation\})" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "# if group 1 was start" & @CRLF & _ "(?(1)" & @CRLF & _ " # non greedy match everything in between" & @CRLF & _ " # group 1 matches do not support recursion" & @CRLF & _ " (.*?)(?<!\\)" & @CRLF & _ " # match ending double or single dollar signs" & @CRLF & _ " (?<!\$)\1(?!\$)| " & @CRLF & _ "# else" & @CRLF & _ "(?:" & @CRLF & _ " # greedily and recursively match everything in between" & @CRLF & _ " # groups 2, 3 and 4 support recursion" & @CRLF & _ " (.*(?R)?.*)(?<!\\)" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " # if group 2 was start, escaped parenthesis is end" & @CRLF & _ " (?(2)\\\)| " & @CRLF & _ " # if group 3 was start, escaped bracket is end" & @CRLF & _ " (?(3)\\\]| " & @CRLF & _ " # else group 4 was start, match end equation" & @CRLF & _ " \\end\{equation\}" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ "))))" Local $sString = "sdfUma corda possui um movimento descrito pela seguinte função de onda: $$ y(x,t) = #x1# \,\hbox{sen}(\frac{\pi}{6}\, x)\,\sin(#x2# t)\,,\;\;\hbox{com x e y em cm e t indo de 0 s a 10 s.} $$ A respeito deste movimento, alguém afirma: (i) $d$ A velocidade inicial de todos os pontos da corda é zero; (ii) A rapidez máxima de um ponto da corda é #f1# cm/s; (iii) O ponto da corda com $x=3$ cm não se move em nenhum instante.\[sdf \] \begin{equation} sdfsdfsd \end{equation}" & @CRLF & _ "Escolha essa função" & @CRLF & _ "$$Isso é um teste$$" & @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