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
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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)^(?!FONT|2000)[^"\n]*"\K(?!\s+")([^"]+)" Local $sString = "/*" & @CRLF & _ " * PROJECT: Solitaire by Daniel "EmuandCo" Reimer" & @CRLF & _ " * LICENSE: Freeware, permission to use under Public Domain" & @CRLF & _ " * FILE: base/applications/games/solitaire/lang/en-US.rc" & @CRLF & _ " * PURPOSE: English Language File for Solitaire" & @CRLF & _ " * PROGRAMMERS: Daniel "EmuandCo" Reimer (reimer.daniel@freenet.de)" & @CRLF & _ " */" & @CRLF & _ "IDS_NO_SUCH_FILE "FIND: %s: Plik nie został znaleziony\n", 6, 15, 5" & @CRLF & _ "LTEXT_BLANK " "" & @CRLF & _ "FONT 8, "Arial"" & @CRLF & _ "0 "Some text"" & @CRLF & _ "1 " Some text "" & @CRLF & _ "2000, "Lautus Theme"" & @CRLF & _ "2001, "Lautus Theme" "ffafa"" & @CRLF & _ "MENU IDR_MENU_SCIENTIFIC_1" & @CRLF & _ "FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 0, 0, 0x1" & @CRLF & _ "BEGIN" & @CRLF & _ " GROUPBOX "", IDC_STATIC, 5 ,14, 141, 20" & @CRLF & _ " LTEXT "Plik ten może być używany przez system operacyjny lub przez\n\" & @CRLF & _ "inną aplikację. Modyfikacja tego pliku może spowodować uszkodzenie twojego\n\" & @CRLF & _ "systemu lub uczynić go mniej funkcjonalnym.\n\n\" & @CRLF & _ "Czy na pewno chcesz otworzyć ten plik?", IDC_STATIC, 35, 5, 230, 60" & @CRLF & _ " DEFPUSHBUTTON "Tak", IDYES, 125, 55, 50, 14" & @CRLF & _ "IDS_USAGE "FIND: Wyświetla wszystkie linie danego pliku, zawierające szukany ciąg znaków.\n\n\" & @CRLF & _ " FIND [ /C ] [ /I ] [ /N ] [ /V ] ""ciąg znaków"" [ plik... ]\n\" & @CRLF & _ " /I Ignoruje wielkość liter"" & @CRLF & _ " IDS_NO_SUCH_FILE "FIND: %s: Plik nie został znaleziony\n"" 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