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
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    \D
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    \w
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
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    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
    ^
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    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
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    \B

Regular Expression
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r"
"
s

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)(.*\()" Local $sString = "// API callback" & @CRLF & _ "google.search.Search.apiary2387({" & @CRLF & _ " "cursor": {" & @CRLF & _ " "currentPageIndex": 0," & @CRLF & _ " "estimatedResultCount": "4490"," & @CRLF & _ " "moreResultsUrl": "http://www.google.com/cse?oe=utf8&ie=utf8&source=uds&q=ssh&start=0&sort=&cx=013305635491195529773:0ufpuq-fpt0"," & @CRLF & _ " "resultCount": "4,490"," & @CRLF & _ " "searchResultTime": "0.22"," & @CRLF & _ " "pages": [" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 1," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "0"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 2," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "1"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 3," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "2"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 4," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "3"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 5," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "4"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 6," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "5"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 7," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "6"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 8," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "7"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 9," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "8"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "label": 10," & @CRLF & _ " "start": "9"" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " ]" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " "context": {" & @CRLF & _ " "title": "Pastebin Active"," & @CRLF & _ " "total_results": "0"," & @CRLF & _ " "facets": []" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " "results": [" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "GsearchResultClass": "GwebSearch"," & @CRLF & _ " "cacheUrl": "http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:PBL2A25kpZoJ:pastebin.com"," & @CRLF & _ " "clicktrackUrl": "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://pastebin.com/u/ssh&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiO4fjNpovMAhWBPxoKHYJXAS4QFggEMAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHczEhDXdcUnRZhpArEeSiHfjwMJA"," & @CRLF & _ " "content": "BitBucket - Backup your code in the cloud! Host unlimited private projects, for free\n. SIGN UP takes 10 seconds, and it&#39;s free! Guest&nbsp;..."," & @CRLF & _ " "contentNoFormatting": "BitBucket - Backup your code in the cloud! Host unlimited private projects, for free\n. SIGN UP takes 10 seconds, and it's free! Guest ..."," & @CRLF & _ " "formattedUrl": "pastebin.com/u/\u003cb\u003essh\u003c/b\u003e"," & @CRLF & _ " "title": "\u003cb\u003eSsh&#39;s\u003c/b\u003e Pastebin - Pastebin.com"," & @CRLF & _ " "titleNoFormatting": "Ssh's Pastebin - Pastebin.com"," & @CRLF & _ " "unescapedUrl": "http://pastebin.com/u/ssh"," & @CRLF & _ " "url": "http://pastebin.com/u/ssh"," & @CRLF & _ " "visibleUrl": "pastebin.com"," & @CRLF & _ " "richSnippet": {" & @CRLF & _ " "cseImage": {" & @CRLF & _ " "src": "http://pastebin.com/i/facebook.png"" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " "metatags": {" & @CRLF & _ " "fbAppId": "231493360234820"," & @CRLF & _ " "ogTitle": "Ssh's Pastebin - Pastebin.com"," & @CRLF & _ " "ogType": "article"," & @CRLF & _ " "ogUrl": "http://pastebin.com/u/ssh"," & @CRLF & _ " "ogImage": "http://pastebin.com/i/facebook.png"," & @CRLF & _ " "ogSiteName": "Pastebin"," & @CRLF & _ " "viewport": "width=device-width, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " ]" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ ");" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYFULLMATCH) ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($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