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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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

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/
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)(['""])((?:\\1|(?:(?!\1)).)*)(\1)|(?<OpenMatch>({))|(?<CloseMatch>(}))" Local $sString = "if (!(new[] { "Command", "Click" }).Any(d => xmlAttribute.Name.Equals(d," & @CRLF & _ "StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))) continue;" & @CRLF & _ "if (!baseChain.Name.Contains(':')) return chain;" & @CRLF & _ "var checkAnyInherited = baseChain.Name.Split(':').Last().Split(',', ' ').Where(d => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(d)).Select(d => d.Trim()).ToList();" & @CRLF & _ "private static IEnumerable<StatementReferenceMaster> GetAllMethodsForClass(string className, int projectId)" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " using (ICodeVortoService codeVortoService = new CodeVortoService())" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " object[] parametersExp =" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " new MySqlParameter("@delim", MySqlDbType.VarChar) {Value = ","}," & @CRLF & _ " new MySqlParameter("@className", MySqlDbType.VarChar) {Value = className}," & @CRLF & _ " new MySqlParameter("@prjId", MySqlDbType.Int32) {Value = projectId}" & @CRLF & _ " };" & @CRLF & _ " var callExtExpandedCode = codeVortoService.StatementReferenceMasterRepository" & @CRLF & _ " .ExecuteStoreProcedure<StatementReferenceMaster>("SpGetAllMethodsForClass", parametersExp)" & @CRLF & _ " .ContinueWith(t => t.Result).Result;" & @CRLF & _ " return callExtExpandedCode;" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ "@"CREATE\s+TABLE"" & @CRLF & _ "@"\`(.*?)\`\s+\("" & @CRLF & _ "@"^\`(.*?)\`(.*)"" & @CRLF & _ "@"^PRIMARY\s+KEY"" & @CRLF & _ "@"(.*)\((.*)\)"" & @CRLF & _ """" & @CRLF & _ """" & @CRLF & _ """" & @CRLF & _ ""("" & @CRLF & _ ""-"" & @CRLF & _ ""DbScript"" & @CRLF & _ " @"CREATE\s+TABLE\s+(\[dbo\].)?(\[)?(\`)?(?<TableName>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)(\])?(\`)?"" & @CRLF & _ "@"^([\s]+)?(\[|\`)?(?<FieldName>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)(\]|\`)?"" & @CRLF & _ ""TableName"" & @CRLF & _ " @"C:\inetpub\wwwroot\flokapture\ExtractedProjects\LocationServicesSource\Pods.Integration.Services.Location.Model\LocationServiceModel.edmx"" & @CRLF & _ "@"^<EntityContainer\s+Name=\""([^\""]*)\"""" & @CRLF & _ "@"^<EntityType\s+Name=\""([^\""]*)\"""" & @CRLF & _ "@"StoreEntitySet=\""([^\""]*)\"""" & @CRLF & _ "@"^<Property\s+"" & @CRLF & _ "@"^<EntityType\s+Name=\""([^\""]*)\""|^<Property\s+|^</EntityType>\s+"" & @CRLF & _ ""<edmx:Mappings>"" & @CRLF & _ ""</EntityType>"" & @CRLF & _ ""Done"" & @CRLF & _ ""SELECT * FROM EntityAttributes WHERE ProjectId = " " & @CRLF & _ " " Group by EntityName;"" & @CRLF & _ " @"(?<VariableName>[a-z_]+)\s*=\s*new\s+[a-z.0-9]+?" " & @CRLF & _ " "\\(\\)|[\\s]*[\\w]+\\s+(?<VariableName>[a-zA-Z0-9$_]+)[\\s]*=[\\s]*"" & @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