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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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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xsg

Test String

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?xs)(?(DEFINE)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<next_open_tag>" & @CRLF & _ " [^<]*+" & @CRLF & _ " (?i: <++[^<?s][^<]* " & @CRLF & _ " | <++(?! \?php" & @CRLF & _ " | \?=" & @CRLF & _ " | script\s*language\s*=\s*([\'"]?)php\g{-1}\s*>" & @CRLF & _ " ) [^<]*" & @CRLF & _ " )*+" & @CRLF & _ " (?i: <++(?: \?php" & @CRLF & _ " | \?=" & @CRLF & _ " | [^>]+" & @CRLF & _ " ) " & @CRLF & _ " | \z " & @CRLF & _ " ) " & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "\A (?&next_open_tag) \K" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "|" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[^'"`/#<?]*+" & @CRLF & _ "(?: '(?:[^'\\]+|\\.)*+' [^\'"`/#<?]*" & @CRLF & _ " | "(?:[^"\\]+|\\.)*+" [^\'"`/#<?]*" & @CRLF & _ " | `(?:[^`\\]+|\\.)*+` [^\'"`/#<?]* " & @CRLF & _ " | /(?![/*]) [^\'"`/#<?]* # stop for // or /*" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " | # if close tag ?>" & @CRLF & _ " \? (?: >(?&next_open_tag)[^\'"`/#<?]* | )" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " | < (?: # heredoc or nowdoc" & @CRLF & _ " <<[\ \t]*([\'"]?)" & @CRLF & _ " ([a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*)" & @CRLF & _ " \g{-2}[\ \t]*[\r\n]" & @CRLF & _ " (?-s:.*+[\r\n])*?" & @CRLF & _ " \g{-1}[\r\n;]" & @CRLF & _ " [^\'"`/#<?]*" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " | (?i: /script\s*>)" & @CRLF & _ " (?&next_open_tag)" & @CRLF & _ " [^\'"`/#<?]* " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " | [^\'"`/#<?]*" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ ")*+" & @CRLF & _ "\K" & @CRLF & _ "(?: (?://|\#)(?:[^\n?]+|\?(?!>))*+ # single line comment // и #" & @CRLF & _ " | /\*(?:[^*]+|\*(?!/))*+\*/ # multi line comment /* */" & @CRLF & _ ")?" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sString = "<!-- *//* -->" & @CRLF & _ "<?php" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "$a = "text */*"; // comment" & @CRLF & _ "$b = 'text *//*'; # comment" & @CRLF & _ "//*" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "if ($a) {" & @CRLF & _ " echo $b;" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "/*/" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "if ($bar) {" & @CRLF & _ " echo $foo;" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "// */" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "?>" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- *//* -->" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<script language = "php" >" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# comment ?> Text <?php $a = '/*'; // comment" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "$b = @`ls ./* -al`;" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# */" & @CRLF & _ "</script>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- *//* --> " & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "" 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