Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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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

/
/
gmix

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 $sRegex = "(?mix)\$" & @CRLF & _ "(?=[^$]{3,100}\$)" & @CRLF & _ "(?<PH>[A-Za-z0-9:_-]{1,20})" & @CRLF & _ "(?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?<C1>\/)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<RX>(?:[^\\\/\r\n]|\\\/?)*)" & @CRLF & _ " \/" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?<R>(?:[^\\\/\r\n$]|\\[\/$]?)*)" & @CRLF & _ " \/" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " (?<G>\d*)" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?<C2>\()" & @CRLF & _ " (?<F>(?:[^\t\r\n\f()]|\\[()]?)*)" & @CRLF & _ " \)" & @CRLF & _ " )?" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "\$" Local $sString = " $EX1$ -> EX1" & @CRLF & _ " $EX2(a$b$c)$ -> EX2, (, a$b$c" & @CRLF & _ " $EX3(abc\x/)$ -> EX3, (, abc\x/" & @CRLF & _ " $EX4(\@\,/&/)$ -> EX4, (, \@\,/&/" & @CRLF & _ " $EX5/X(Z)Y/$ -> EX5, /, X(Z)Y" & @CRLF & _ " $EX6/X(ABC)/1$ -> EX6, /, X(ABC), 1" & @CRLF & _ " $EX7/X\\Z\/Y/$ -> EX7, /, X\\Z\/Y" & @CRLF & _ " $EX8/(A)/(B)/$ -> EX8, /, (A), (B)" & @CRLF & _ " $EX9/(\\$A$)\//(\\$B$\/)/$ -> EX9, /, (\\$A$)\/, (\\$B$\/)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Lorem Ip$um $EX1$i$ simply dummy $EX1$$EX2(abc)$ te$t of the printing and " & @CRLF & _ "type$EX2(abc)$etting indu$try. $EX3(abc\x/)$ Lorem $EX4(\@\,/&/)$Ipsum has been the " & @CRLF & _ "industry'$EX5/X(Z)Y/$ standard du$EX6/X(ABC)/1$mmy text $EX7/X\\Z\/Y/$ ever $$$ince the " & @CRLF & _ "1500$EX8/(A)/(B)/$, when an $ unknown $EX9/(\\$A$)\//(\\$B$\/)/$ printer took a galley of type " 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