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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

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*at\s((?!webpack:).)*:\d+:\d+[\s\)]*\n" Local $sString = "" & @CRLF & _ "/src/components/compare/couples/index.jsx" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "/Users/james/Work/nib/GithubEnterprise/frontend/react-static-example/src/components/compare/couples/index.jsx" & @CRLF & _ " 23:5 error Parsing error: Unexpected token {" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "✖ 1 problem (1 error, 0 warnings)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "BabelLoaderError: SyntaxError: Unexpected token (23:4)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " 21 | const Couples = ({products}) => (" & @CRLF & _ " 22 | <div>%%><" & @CRLF & _ "> 23 | {Foobar}" & @CRLF & _ " | ^" & @CRLF & _ " 24 | <Heading size="1">Couples</Heading>" & @CRLF & _ " 25 | <img className="banner" src={img}/>" & @CRLF & _ " 26 | <ul>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " at transpile (/Users/james/Work/nib/GithubEnterprise/frontend/react-static-example/node_modules/babel-loader/index.js:52:13)" & @CRLF & _ " at /Users/james/Work/nib/GithubEnterprise/frontend/react-static-example/node_modules/babel-loader/lib/fs-cache.js:151:18" & @CRLF & _ " at ReadFileContext.callback (/Users/james/Work/nib/GithubEnterprise/frontend/react-static-example/node_modules/babel-loader/lib/fs-cache.js:29:23)" & @CRLF & _ " at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterOpen [as oncomplete] (fs.js:303:13)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "static-react-render-webpack-plugin: Error rendering page "scripts/components/compare/couples.js": ReferenceError: Foobar is not defined" & @CRLF & _ " at Couples (webpack:///./components/compare/couples/index.jsx?:37:5)" & @CRLF & _ " at eval (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactCompositeComponent.js?:305:16)" & @CRLF & _ " at measureLifeCyclePerf (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactCompositeComponent.js?:74:12)" & @CRLF & _ " at ReactCompositeComponentMixin._constructComponentWithoutOwner (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactCompositeComponent.js?:304:14)" & @CRLF & _ " at ReactCompositeComponentMixin._constructComponent (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactCompositeComponent.js?:279:21)" & @CRLF & _ " at ReactCompositeComponentMixin.mountComponent (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactCompositeComponent.js?:187:21)" & @CRLF & _ " at Object.ReactReconciler.mountComponent (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactReconciler.js?:47:35)" & @CRLF & _ " at ReactDOMComponent.ReactMultiChild.Mixin.mountChildren (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactMultiChild.js?:240:44)" & @CRLF & _ " at ReactDOMComponent.Mixin._createContentMarkup (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactDOMComponent.js?:661:32)" & @CRLF & _ " at ReactDOMComponent.Mixin.mountComponent (webpack:///../~/react/lib/ReactDOMComponent.js?:528:29)" & @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