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]
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    [^a-z]
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    [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
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    \D
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  • Zero or one of a
    a?
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    a*
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    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
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Regular Expression
No Match

r"
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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 = "(?s)((?:[A-Z-][ ]){9,}[A-Z])\s+([A-Z \n',.-]+)\b(?![A-Z]+(?=\.))\b(?![a-z']|[A-Z.])(.*?)(?=(?:[A-Z][ ]){9,}|This book \n)" Local $sString = "This is some introduction text." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Here's the table of contents:" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "ONE " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "The Boy Who Lived &middot; 1 " & @CRLF & _ "TWO " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "The Vanishing Glass &middot; 18 " & @CRLF & _ "THREE " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "The Letters from No One &middot; 31 " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "FOUR " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "The Keeper of the Keys &middot; 46 " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "C H A P T E R O N E " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "THE BOY WHO LIVED " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. " & @CRLF & _ "&bull; 1 &bull; " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "CHAPTER ONE He couldn&rsquo;t know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: &ldquo;To Harry Potter &mdash; the boy who lived!&rdquo; " & @CRLF & _ "&bull; 17 &bull; " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "C H A P T E R E X A M P L E" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "IT'S A NEW CHAPTER" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "WITH. SEVERAL, EDGE-CASES" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "EDGECASE. The chapter continues..." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "C H A P T E R T W O " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "THE VANISHING GLASS " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Nearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys Everybody knew that Dudley&rsquo;s gang hated that odd Harry Potter in his baggy old clothes and broken glasses, and nobody liked to disagree with Dudley&rsquo;s gang. " & @CRLF & _ "&bull; 30 &bull; " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "C H A P T E R T H R E E " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "THE LETTERS " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "FROM NO ONE " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "The escape of the Brazilian boa constrictor earned with Dudley this summer. . . .&rdquo; " & @CRLF & _ "&bull; 309 &bull; " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "This book " & @CRLF & _ "was art directed by " & @CRLF & _ "David Saylor and designed by Becky " & @CRLF & _ "Terhune. The art for both the jacket and interior was " & @CRLF & _ "created using pastels on toned printmaking paper. The text was " & @CRLF & _ "set in 12-point Adobe Garamond, a typeface based on the sixteenth- " & @CRLF & _ "century type designs of Claude Garamond redrawn by Robert " & @CRLF & _ "Slimbach in 1989. The book was printed and bound " & @CRLF & _ "at RR Donnelley & Sons, Willard, Oh. " & @CRLF & _ "The production was supervised by " & @CRLF & _ "Angela Biola " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @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