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
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gm

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)(?ms)pid.*?req" Local $sString = "Format which I need:" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "2019-11-10 15:22:32.662 +0300 (Default,mydzit.gov.sa\kalsolai,4C8EC4A70F3149988B93370B16CADBEE-0:0,XcgBCNSpBpjM51ezrQYXrQAAAgE) catalina-exec-150 : INFO wgsessionId=rd9xUhIUR92tuPbGQkZrNQ com.tableausoftware.domain.session.SessionService - Non-guest user session found." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "AND:" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "2019-11-10 15:22:40.816 +0300 (Default,mydzit.gov.sa\kalsolai,F853E8F10C2742CBB071A090C3047519-0:0,XcgBENSpBpjM51ezrQYXvwAAAZE) catalina-exec-151 : INFO wgsessionId=rd9xUhIUR92tuPbGQkZrNQ com.tableausoftware.model.vizql.util.WithSessionAspect - Command not allowed on a shared session F853E8F10C2742CBB071A090C3047519. Cloning to a private session and retrying." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Format which no need:" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "first form:" & @CRLF & _ "{ [-]" & @CRLF & _ "k: msg" & @CRLF & _ "pid: 37552" & @CRLF & _ "req: -" & @CRLF & _ "sess: -" & @CRLF & _ "sev: info" & @CRLF & _ "site: -" & @CRLF & _ "tid: 4958" & @CRLF & _ "ts: 2019-11-06T17:06:06.305" & @CRLF & _ "user: -" & @CRLF & _ "v: Resource Manager: Memory info: 73,793,536 bytes (current process);52,410,015,744 bytes (Tableau total); 49,979,158,528 bytes (total of all processes); 30 (info count)" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Second Form:" & @CRLF & _ "{"ts":"2019-11-06T17:06:06.305","pid":37552,"tid":"4958","sev":"info","req":"-","sess":"-","site":"-","user":"-","k":"msg","v":"Resource Manager: Memory info: 73,793,536 bytes (current process);52,410,015,744 bytes (Tableau total); 49,979,158,528 bytes (total of all processes); 30 (info count)"}" 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