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

/
/
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 = "B(?<Seconds>[\d\w]{34})\s" Local $sString = "Start File" & @CRLF & _ "AXCT XCTrack 0.6.0 - translations: 2017-03-14 17:49:58 on HUAWEI GEM-702L 6.0" & @CRLF & _ "HPPLTPILOT:Kay Starkermann" & @CRLF & _ "HOSITSite:Schwängimatt" & @CRLF & _ "HPCCLCOMPETITION CLASS:FAI-3 (PG)" & @CRLF & _ "HPGTYGLIDERTYPE:SKYWALK Spice" & @CRLF & _ "HODTM100GPSDATUM:WGS-84" & @CRLF & _ "HFALG:GEO" & @CRLF & _ "HFDTE060417" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE eyJjYXBhYmlsaXRpZXMiOnsibWVtQ2xhc3MiOjI1NiwibWVtTGFyZ2VDbGFzcyI6M" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE jU2LCJuYW4iOnRydWV9LCJkZXZpY2UiOnsiYW5kcm9pZElkIjoiMzRhM2Q1MzBhZm" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE I4YmViYyIsImJvYXJkIjoiR0VNLTcwMkwiLCJidWlsZElkIjoiSFVBV0VJR0VNLTc" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE wMkwiLCJjcHVBQkkiOiJhcm02NC12OGEiLCJjcHVBQkkyIjoiIiwiZGV2aWNlU3Ry" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE aW5nIjoiSFVBV0VJIEdFTS03MDJMIDYuMCIsImRpc3BsYXkiOnsiaCI6MTg0OCwib" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE W0iOjE1Ljc0ODAzMiwidyI6MTIwMH0sImZpbmdlcnByaW50IjoiSFVBV0VJL0dFTS" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE 03MDJML0hXR2VtaW5pOjYuMC9IVUFXRUlHRU0tNzAyTC9DMjA5QjIwMzp1c2VyL3J" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE lbGVhc2Uta2V5cyIsImhhcmR3YXJlIjoiaGkzNjM1IiwibWFudWZhY3R1cmVyIjoi" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE SFVBV0VJIiwicHJvZHVjdCI6IkdFTS03MDJMIiwic2RrIjoyM30sInhjdHJhY2siO" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE nsidmVyc2lvbkNvZGUiOjYzLCJ2ZXJzaW9uTmFtZSI6IjAuNi4wIC0gdHJhbnNsYX" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTDEVICE Rpb25zOiAyMDE3LTAzLTE0IDE3OjQ5OjU4In19" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTSENSOR Sensors: SENSOR_BT, external GPS:true, external baro:true, intern" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTSENSOR al baro:false" & @CRLF & _ "LXCTEARTHMODEL FAI_SPHERE" & @CRLF & _ "B1505404717336N00740471EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505414717336N00740472EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505424717335N00740472EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505434717336N00740472EA0101001090" & @CRLF & _ "B1505444717336N00740472EA0100901090" & @CRLF & _ "B1505454717336N00740471EA0100901091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505464717336N00740471EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505474717336N00740471EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505484717336N00740471EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505494717336N00740471EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505504717336N00740471EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "B1505514717336N00740471EA0101001091" & @CRLF & _ "End File" 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