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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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
No Match

r"
"
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)(?s)(\#\d{1,})(.*?)(\#\d{1,})" Local $sString = "#0" & @CRLF & _ "$dumpvars" & @CRLF & _ "0!" & @CRLF & _ "0"" & @CRLF & _ "0#" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 7" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 6" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 5" & @CRLF & _ "b0000000000000000 $" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx /" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ." & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )" & @CRLF & _ "b0111111111111111 %" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *" & @CRLF & _ "b10101010101010101010101010101010 &" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ," & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 3" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 4" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (" & @CRLF & _ "bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx '" & @CRLF & _ "$end" & @CRLF & _ "#600" & @CRLF & _ "1!" & @CRLF & _ "b0000000000000000 )" & @CRLF & _ "b0111111111111111 *" & @CRLF & _ "b10101010101010101010101010101010 +" & @CRLF & _ "b0000000000000000 /" & @CRLF & _ "b0111111111111111 1" & @CRLF & _ "b00000000000000000000000000000000 5" & @CRLF & _ "b10101010101010101010101010101010 4" & @CRLF & _ "b00000000000000000000000000000000 2" & @CRLF & _ "b00000000000000000000000000000000 3" & @CRLF & _ "b010101010101010101010101010101010 7" & @CRLF & _ "#1200" & @CRLF & _ "b0000010001010111 $" & @CRLF & _ "b0111101110101000 %" & @CRLF & _ "b10101100101001110100001001010001 &" & @CRLF & _ "0!" & @CRLF & _ "b10101010101010101010101010101010 ," & @CRLF & _ "b00000000000000000000000000000000 -" & @CRLF & _ "#1800" & @CRLF & _ "1!" & @CRLF & _ "b0000010001010111 )" & @CRLF & _ "b0111101110101000 *" & @CRLF & _ "b10101100101001110100001001010001 +" & @CRLF & _ "b010101010101010101010101010101010 (" & @CRLF & _ "b010101010101010101010101010101010 '" & @CRLF & _ "b0000010001010111 /" & @CRLF & _ "b00000010001010110111101110101001 5" & @CRLF & _ "b0111101110101000 1" & @CRLF & _ "b00000010000110001010011000011000 5" & @CRLF & _ "b10101100101001110100001001010001 4" & @CRLF & _ "b010101100101001110100001001010001 7" & @CRLF & _ "b00000010000110001010011000011000 2" & @CRLF & _ "b00000010000110001010011000011000 3" & @CRLF & _ "b010101110101111111110100001101001 7" & @CRLF & _ "#2400" & @CRLF & _ "b0000100010101110 $" & @CRLF & _ "b0111011101010001 %" & @CRLF & _ "b10101110101000111101100111111000 &" & @CRLF & _ "0!" & @CRLF & _ "b10101100101001110100001001010001 ," & @CRLF & _ "b00000010000110001010011000011000 -" & @CRLF & _ "#3000" & @CRLF & _ "1!" & @CRLF & _ "b0000100010101110 )" & @CRLF & _ "b0111011101010001 *" & @CRLF & _ "b10101110101000111101100111111000 +" & @CRLF & _ "b010101110101111111110100001101001 (" & @CRLF & _ "b010101110101111111110100001101001 '" & @CRLF & _ "b0000100010101110 /" & @CRLF & _ "b00000100001100010100110000110000 5" & @CRLF & _ "b0111011101010001 1" & @CRLF & _ "b00000100000010111010000100001110 5" & @CRLF & _ "b10101110101000111101100111111000 4" & @CRLF & _ "b010110000101111001000000000010000 7" & @CRLF & _ "b00000100000010111010000100001110 2" & @CRLF & _ "b00000100000010111010000100001110 3" & @CRLF & _ "b010110010101011110111101100000110 7" & @CRLF & _ "#3600" & @CRLF & _ "b0000110100000101 $" & @CRLF & _ "b0111001011111010 %" & @CRLF & _ "b10110000101000000111000110011111 &" & @CRLF & _ "0!" & @CRLF & _ "b10101110101000111101100111111000 ," & @CRLF & _ "b00000100000010111010000100001110 -" & @CRLF & _ "#4200" 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