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]
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    [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*
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    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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gm

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 = "(?m)(?i)(?:[\da-f]{0,4}:){1,7}(?:(?<ipv4>(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d\d?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d\d?))|[\da-f]{0,4})" Local $sString = "2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8:3333:4444:CCCC:DDDD:EEEE:FFFF" & @CRLF & _ "2001:0db8:0001:0000:0000:0ab9:C0A8:" & @CRLF & _ "fffe:3465:efab:23fe:2235:6565" & @CRLF & _ "2001:0000:6dcd:8c74:::ac32:6a1" & @CRLF & _ "2345:0425:2CA1:::5673:23b5" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8:1::ab9:C0A8:102" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8::1234:5678" & @CRLF & _ "FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:2" & @CRLF & _ "fdf8:f53b:82e4::53" & @CRLF & _ "fe80::200:5aee:feaa:20a2" & @CRLF & _ "2001:0000:4136:e378:" & @CRLF & _ "8000:63bf:3fff:fdd2" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8::" & @CRLF & _ "::1234:5678" & @CRLF & _ "2000::" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8:a0b:12f0::1" & @CRLF & _ "2001:4:112:cd:65a:753:0:a1" & @CRLF & _ "2001:0002:6c::430" & @CRLF & _ "2001:5::" & @CRLF & _ "fe08::7:8" & @CRLF & _ "2001:10:240:ab::a" & @CRLF & _ "2002:cb0a:3cdd:1::1" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8:8:4::2" & @CRLF & _ "ff01:0:0:0:0:0:0:2" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8" & @CRLF & _ "1::3:4:5:6:7:8" & @CRLF & _ "1::4:5:6:7:8" & @CRLF & _ "1:2:3::5:6:7:8" & @CRLF & _ "1::7:8" & @CRLF & _ "1:2:3:4:5::7:8" & @CRLF & _ "1:2:3:4:5::8" & @CRLF & _ "::2:3:4:5:6:7:8" & @CRLF & _ "::8" & @CRLF & _ "::" & @CRLF & _ "::1" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "::ffff:192.0.2.47" & @CRLF & _ "::255.255.255.255" & @CRLF & _ "::ffff:255.255.255.255 " & @CRLF & _ "::ffff:0:255.255.255.255" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8:3:4::192.0.2.33" & @CRLF & _ "64:ff9b::192.0.2.33" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:1.2.3.4" & @CRLF & _ "24a6:57:c:36cf:0000:5efe:109.205.140.116" & @CRLF & _ "::11.22.33.44" & @CRLF & _ "::10.0.0.3" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8::123.123.123.123" & @CRLF & _ "::ffff:10.0.0.3" & @CRLF & _ "::1234:5678:91.123.4.56" & @CRLF & _ "::1234:5678:1.2.3.4" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8" & @CRLF & _ "2001:db8:3:4:5::192.0.2.33" 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