Regular Expressions 101

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Regular Expression

/
/
gxm

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?xm)(?: # 采用非捕获括号进行分组(非必要不使用捕获型括号)" & @CRLF & _ " (`{3,}) # 捕获组,匹配三个及以上反引号,并进行捕获" & @CRLF & _ " [\s\S]*? # 采用非贪婪匹配(必须),匹配0到n次空白或非空白字符(任意字符)" & @CRLF & _ " (?:(?:\1`*)|\Z) # 引用,引用了之前的捕获组,若之前捕获了5个反引号,则在此必须匹配5个以上反引号,若开头三个以上反引号,后面没有比开头更多的反引号,则后面都是代码块" & @CRLF & _ ") # 结束第一个分支" & @CRLF & _ "| # 或符号" & @CRLF & _ "(?: # 同上,采用非捕获型括号" & @CRLF & _ " (~{3,}) # 同上,匹配三个及以上波浪号并进行捕获" & @CRLF & _ " [\s\S]*? # 同上,非贪婪匹配来匹配0到n次空白或非空白字符" & @CRLF & _ " (?:(?:\2~*)|\Z) # 引用,引用了之前的捕获组" & @CRLF & _ ") # 结束第二个分支" & @CRLF & _ "| # 或符号" & @CRLF & _ "(?: # 同上,采用非捕获型括号" & @CRLF & _ " (?<= # 肯定型逆序环视,左侧文本必须满足条件才可以匹配" & @CRLF & _ " (?:^\n)|(?:^\A) # 上一行必须只有一个回车(以回车符号开头)或没有上一行" & @CRLF & _ " ) # 结束环视" & @CRLF & _ " (?: # 采用非捕获型括号分组" & @CRLF & _ " (?:\s{4,}?|\t+?)[^\n]*(?:\n|$) # 匹配四个及以上空格或一个以上制表符开启的一行" & @CRLF & _ " )+ # 上面的子组匹配1次到n次" & @CRLF & _ ") # 结束第三个分支" Local $sString = " this is a code block" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "// 1. 匹配四个空格导出的代码块" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " functino(asfd)" & @CRLF & _ " safdsadf" & @CRLF & _ " safsadf" & @CRLF & _ " safdsdaf" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// 2. 匹配三个反引号所引出的代码块" & @CRLF & _ "```" & @CRLF & _ " func function(){" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ "```" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "这里是一些文本" & @CRLF & _ "……" & @CRLF & _ "………………" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "``` python" & @CRLF & _ " print("hello")" & @CRLF & _ "```" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// 3.如果四个空格之前的一行不是回车独占一行,则不会导出代码块(符合Markdown约定)" & @CRLF & _ " function(asfd)" & @CRLF & _ " safdsadf" & @CRLF & _ " safsadf" & @CRLF & _ " safdsdaf" & @CRLF & _ " safd" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// 4. 匹配三个波浪号导出的代码块" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "~~~" & @CRLF & _ " fmt.println(123)" & @CRLF & _ "~~~" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// 5. 匹配前后四个及以上反引号导出的代码块" & @CRLF & _ "````" & @CRLF & _ "aaa" & @CRLF & _ "```" & @CRLF & _ "````" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "这里是一些文本……" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "`````" & @CRLF & _ " print("this is a code block")" & @CRLF & _ "`````" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "`````" & @CRLF & _ " print("this is a code block")" & @CRLF & _ "````````````````````````" & @CRLF & _ "// 6. 匹配前后四个及以上波浪号导出的代码块" & @CRLF & _ "~~~~" & @CRLF & _ "aaa" & @CRLF & _ "~~~" & @CRLF & _ "~~~~" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "这里是一些文本……" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "~~~~~~" & @CRLF & _ " print("this is a code block")" & @CRLF & _ "~~~~~~" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "~~~~~~" & @CRLF & _ " print("this is a code block")" & @CRLF & _ "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// 7. 只有开头,没有结尾的,都算代码块" & @CRLF & _ "```" & @CRLF & _ "asdfasdf" & @CRLF & _ "asdfasdf" & @CRLF & _ "asdfasdf" & @CRLF & _ "asdfasdf" & @CRLF & _ "asdfasdf" & @CRLF & _ "asdf" & @CRLF & _ "没有结尾,这里也算代码块" Local $sSubst = "" Local $sResult = StringRegExpReplace($sString, $sRegex, $sSubst) MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Result", $sResult)

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