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]
  • 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

/
/
mg

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*(\w*)=\s?\d" Local $sString = "#!/bin/bash" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "flavor=${1:-dzen2}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "function gmail() {" & @CRLF & _ "while true" & @CRLF & _ "do" & @CRLF & _ " inbox_count=$(wget -q -O- --auth-no-challenge --user=something@gmail.com --password=something 'https://mail.goog$" & @CRLF & _ " echo "Gg:$inbox_count"" & @CRLF & _ " sleep 60" & @CRLF & _ "done" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "function weather() {" & @CRLF & _ "while true" & @CRLF & _ "do" & @CRLF & _ " weather_stat=$($HOME/.config/i3/./weather.sh)" & @CRLF & _ " echo "F$weather_stat"" & @CRLF & _ " sleep 900" & @CRLF & _ "done" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "function time_date() {" & @CRLF & _ "while true" & @CRLF & _ "do" & @CRLF & _ " klocka=$(date +'%A den %d %B v%V %H:%M')" & @CRLF & _ " echo "S$klocka"" & @CRLF & _ " sleep 10" & @CRLF & _ "done < <(echo)" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "bspc control --put-status" & @CRLF & _ "xtitle -sf "T%s" > "$PANEL_FIFO" &" & @CRLF & _ "weather > "$PANEL_FIFO" &" & @CRLF & _ "gmail > "$PANEL_FIFO" &" & @CRLF & _ "time_date > "$PANEL_FIFO" &" & @CRLF & _ "case "$flavor" in" & @CRLF & _ "bar)" & @CRLF & _ " cat "$PANEL_FIFO" | .config/bspwm/panel_bar | bar" & @CRLF & _ ";;" & @CRLF & _ "dzen2)" & @CRLF & _ " . .config/bspwm/panel_colors" & @CRLF & _ " PANEL_HEIGHT=14" & @CRLF & _ " FONT_FAMILY='Dejavu Sans'" & @CRLF & _ " FONT_SIZE=9" & @CRLF & _ " cat "$PANEL_FIFO" | .config/bspwm/panel_dzen2 -f "$FONT_FAMILY" -s "$FONT_SIZE" | \" & @CRLF & _ " dzen2 -h $PANEL_HEIGHT -dock -ta l -title-name panel -fn "${FONT_FAMILY}:pixelsize=${FONT_SIZE}" \" & @CRLF & _ " -fg "$COLOR_FOREGROUND" -bg "$COLOR_BACKGROUND"" & @CRLF & _ ";;" & @CRLF & _ "esac" 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