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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

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iJxmg

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 = "(?iJxm)^[^\S\r\n]*" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " \s* (?<section>\[[^\]]*\]) [^\S\r\n]* (?<comment>(?:[#;].*)?)" & @CRLF & _ " | (?<comment>(?:[#;].*)?)" & @CRLF & _ " | (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?<key>[^#;]+?)" & @CRLF & _ " \s* = [^\S\r\n]*" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " "(?<value_quote>.*)"" & @CRLF & _ " | (?<value>(?:[^#;\r\n\\\s]*[\s]??(?:\\.)*)*)" & @CRLF & _ " ) [^\S\r\n]* (?<comment>(?:[#;].*)?)" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " | (?<error>.*)" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ "$" Local $sString = ";An orphan comment at the top of the file" & @CRLF & _ " #Another orphan comment" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#Comment above a group" & @CRLF & _ "[Group1] #Group comment 1" & @CRLF & _ "Key1=Value1#Comment 1" & @CRLF & _ "Key2=Value 2" & @CRLF & _ "Key 3=Value 3" & @CRLF & _ " Key 4=Value4" & @CRLF & _ "Key5=Value \#5;Comment 2" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ";Another comment above a group" & @CRLF & _ " [Group 2] ;Group comment 2" & @CRLF & _ "Key1 = Value1 #Comment 3" & @CRLF & _ "Key2 = Value 2" & @CRLF & _ "Key 3 = Value 3" & @CRLF & _ "Key 4 = Value4" & @CRLF & _ " Key 5 = Value\;5 ;Comment 4" & @CRLF & _ " Key 6 = Value\;6\#1 ;Comment 5" & @CRLF & _ " Key 7 ;Comment 6" & @CRLF & _ " Key 8 = Value;7 \\;Comment 7" & @CRLF & _ " Key 8 =;Comment 7" & @CRLF & _ " Key 9 = Value\\;8 ;Comment 8" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "; with quotes" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ";An orphan comment at the top of the file" & @CRLF & _ " #Another orphan comment" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "#Comment above a group" & @CRLF & _ "[Group1] #Group comment 1" & @CRLF & _ "Key1="Value1"#Comment 1" & @CRLF & _ "Key2="Value 2"" & @CRLF & _ "Key 3="Value 3" " & @CRLF & _ " Key 4="Value4"" & @CRLF & _ "Key5="Value \#5";Comment 2" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ";Another comment above a group" & @CRLF & _ " [Group 2] ;Group comment 2" & @CRLF & _ "Key1 = "Value1" #Comment 3" & @CRLF & _ "Key2 = "Value 2"" & @CRLF & _ "Key 3 =" Value 3"" & @CRLF & _ "Key 4 = "Value4"" & @CRLF & _ " Key 5 = "Value\;5 ;Comment 4"" & @CRLF & _ " Key 6 = "Value\;6\#1 ";Comment 5" & @CRLF & _ " Key 7 ;Comment 6" & @CRLF & _ " Key 8 = "Value;7 \";Comment 7" & @CRLF & _ " Key 8 ="";Comment 7" & @CRLF & _ " Key 9 = "Value\\";8 ;Comment 8" & @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