Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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  • Substitution
  • 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

/
/
gx

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?x)# Look for `Wild Draw Four` or simply `Wild`" & @CRLF & _ "# `W` stored in \1, `D` and `F` stored in \2 and \3, respectively" & @CRLF & _ "(W)I\ LD(?:\ (D)raw\ (F)our)?" & @CRLF & _ "|" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# Look for `Draw Two` or `Draw Four`" & @CRLF & _ "# `D` stored in \4, `T` or `F` stored in \5" & @CRLF & _ "(D)raw\ (?|(T)wo|(F)our)" & @CRLF & _ "|" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# Look for the color and then the card type or number value" & @CRLF & _ "# `R`, `G`, `Y`, and `B` stored in \6" & @CRLF & _ "# `S`, `R` or number value stored in \7" & @CRLF & _ "(?:(?|(R)ed|(G)reen|(Y)ellow|(B)lue)\ " & @CRLF & _ " (?|(S)kip" & @CRLF & _ " |(R)everse" & @CRLF & _ " |(\d)" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ ")" Local $sString = "GIVEN:" & @CRLF & _ "Green 4 Green 4 Green 7 WI LD Green 9 Green 9 Red 3 Red 3 Red 4 WI LD Draw Four Red 5 Red Reverse Yellow 0 Yellow Skip Green 8 WI LD Draw Four" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "DESIRED:" & @CRLF & _ "G4 G4 G7 W G9 G9 R3 R3 R4 WDF R5 RR Y0 YS G8 WDF" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "\1\2\3\4\5\6\7" 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