Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

/
/
g

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 = "(?s)([A-Z\()\h-]+):(.+?)(?=\n[A-Z\()\h-]+:|$)" Local $sString = "AHK-VERSION:" & @CRLF & _ "AutoHotkey_L 1.1.04 or later. Tested on: Windows 7 64bit, AutoHotkey 32bit Unicode 1.1.05.01." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "AUTHOR:" & @CRLF & _ "?A_Samurai?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "DATE:" & @CRLF & _ "?2011?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "DEPENDENCIES:" & @CRLF & _ "none" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "KEYWORDS:" & @CRLF & _ "gui, activeX, html" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "LICENSE:" & @CRLF & _ "Public Domain" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "LINK:" & @CRLF & _ "---" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "PARAMETER(S):" & @CRLF & _ "Text : the text strings to display in the edit box." & @CRLF & _ "Title : the title for the GUI window." & @CRLF & _ "Timeout : if specified, the edit box will disappear in the given seconds." & @CRLF & _ "Permanent : if this is TRUE, closing the window does not destroy the window but hide it." & @CRLF & _ "So it can be displayed again with the window handle." & @CRLF & _ "GUIOptions : the options for the Edit box GUI window." & @CRLF & _ "ControlOptions : the options for the Edit control." & @CRLF & _ "Margin : the margin in pixels between the window borders and the control." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "REMARK(S):" & @CRLF & _ "No global variables are used. However, it uses these label names: EditBoxClose, EditBoxEscape" & @CRLF & _ "EditBoxResize. So the script should avoid using the label names." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "RETURN VALUE:" & @CRLF & _ "The window handle (hwnd) of the created GUI window" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "SYNTAX:" & @CRLF & _ "EditBox(Text, Title="", Timeout=0, Permanent=False, GUIOptions="Resize MaximizeBox Minsize420x320", ControlOptions="VScroll W400 H300", Margin=10)" & @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