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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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/
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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 = "(?i)((?<=[ )()']where)|(?<=[ )()']and)|(?<=[ )()']o[rn])|(?<=[ )()']if)|(?<=[ )()']when)|(?<=having))+(\s|\()+[)(,'+_¥£$#\@\w\[\]\.\s]+like\s*\(?\s*(('((\w|%|'{2})*)')\s*\+)*\s*@p\d+\s*(\+('%'))*\)" Local $sString = "select * from a where #myTable$@_¥£.$@_¥£#columnName like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ "select * from a where #myTable$_¥£.$_¥£#columnName like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(\w|\[|\]|\.|\s|'|\+|\(|\)|\,)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "select a from b where h like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ "having b.d like ('%'+@p2)" & @CRLF & _ ")join c on a.b like (@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ " and a.b like (@p2)" & @CRLF & _ " if a like ('%abc24''as'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ " case when a like ('%'+@p2+'%') " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " where (((a like ('%'+ @p2+'%'))))" & @CRLF & _ " where a + 'b' like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ " where concat(a,b) like ('%'+@p2+'%') or ltrim(a) like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ "select * from a where concat(a,b) like 'a' and c like d or ltrim(a) like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ " where isnull(ltrim(a), '0') like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ " where a + 'b' LIKe ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "vICM_EVENTlike roadshowev0like_ where upper(roadshowev0like_.EVENT_NAME) like ('%'+@p1+'%') or upper(roadshowev0like_.EVENT_SYMBOLlike) like ('%'+@p2+'%') and e_.EVENT_SYMBOLike like('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "from vICM_INVESTOR investor0_ where (upper(investor0_.OrgId) like ('%'+@p1+'%') or upper(investor0_.Name) like ('%'+@p2+'%')) and investor0_.IsDeactivated=@p3 order by investor0_.Name asc" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " where ((h.g) + upper(concat(investor0_.OrgId, 'd') + (a.d)) like ('%'+@p1+'%') " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " or upper(investor0_.Name) like ('%'+@p2+'%')) and investor0_.IsDeactivated=@p3 order by investor0_.Name asc" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " where (a.b like ('%'+@p2+'%')) and d.g like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(where a.b like ('%'+@p2)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " if a like ('%'+@p2)" & @CRLF & _ "join a on b.d like ('%'+@p2)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " // not supported" & @CRLF & _ " where a like 'b' and c like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @CRLF & _ " where a like (' '+@p1+'%') " & @CRLF & _ "// supported" & @CRLF & _ " where a like ('%'+@p1+'%') and c like ('%'+@p2+'%')" & @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