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

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?im)^ *((#\d+)|((box|bin)[-. \/\\]?\d+)|(.*p[ \.]? ?(o|0)[-. \/\\]? *-?((box|bin)|b|(#|num)?\d+))|(p(ost)? *(o(ff(ice)?)?)? *((box|bin)|b)? *\d+)|(p *-?\/?(o)? *-?box)|post office (box|bin)|((box|bin)|b) *(number|num|#)? *\d+|(num|number|#) *\d+)" Local $sString = "Valid:" & @CRLF & _ "P. O. Box : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "P.O.Box : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "Post Box : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "Post Office Box : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "P.O.B : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "P.O.B. : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "POB : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "Post Office Bin : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "100,, P O Box Des Moines : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "P O Box DesMoines1000 : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "P O Box Des Moines 1000 : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "Post Office Box : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "Post Office Box : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "Post Box 123 : Valid" & @CRLF & _ "PO" & @CRLF & _ "P.O." & @CRLF & _ "P.B." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Invalid:" & @CRLF & _ "POTTER STREET", "Campbell Dr." & @CRLF & _ "Post Office : Invalid" & @CRLF & _ "Box : Invalid" & @CRLF & _ "Bin : Invalid" & @CRLF & _ "Post : Invalid" & @CRLF & _ "Postal Code : Invalid" & @CRLF & _ "Portsmouth" & @CRLF & _ "Campbell" & @CRLF & _ "Raspberry" & @CRLF & _ "Polonium" & @CRLF & _ "Polar beer." & @CRLF & _ "12 Box" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "HC73 P.O. Box 217" & @CRLF & _ "P O Box 125" & @CRLF & _ "P. O. Box" & @CRLF & _ "P.O. Box 123" & @CRLF & _ "P.O. Box" & @CRLF & _ "p-o box" & @CRLF & _ "Po Box" & @CRLF & _ "POBOX123" & @CRLF & _ "p box" & @CRLF & _ "Post Box 123" & @CRLF & _ "Post Office Box 123" & @CRLF & _ "Post Office Box" & @CRLF & _ "Box 123" & @CRLF & _ "Box-122" & @CRLF & _ "Box122" & @CRLF & _ "box #123" & @CRLF & _ "box 122" & @CRLF & _ "box 123" & @CRLF & _ "P.O.B 123" & @CRLF & _ "P.O.B. 123" & @CRLF & _ "P.O.B." & @CRLF & _ "POB 123" & @CRLF & _ "POB" & @CRLF & _ "Post 123" & @CRLF & _ "P.O 123" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "The Postal Road" & @CRLF & _ "Box Hill" & @CRLF & _ "123 Some Street" & @CRLF & _ "Controller's Office" & @CRLF & _ "pollo St." & @CRLF & _ "123 box canyon rd" & @CRLF & _ "777 Post Oak Blvd" & @CRLF & _ "123 box " 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