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

/
/
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 $sRegex = "(?m)(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\w+)\s+\w+\s+\d*\s+\#\s+\S+\s+(?:\d+\s+){2}((?!.*EMPTY\b).+)$" Local $sString = "CATALYST_TH 1" & @CRLF & _ "BACKPLANE A" & @CRLF & _ "#Slot Type Serial # Rev Num Date XptA XptB Name" & @CRLF & _ " 2 879-858-35 0x0109037 A 0 # 0131-0 23 24 PLFD CC" & @CRLF & _ " 6 879-857-01 0x0253bb0 A 0 # 9517-0 15 16 PMM CC-01" & @CRLF & _ " 7 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 13 14 EMPTY " & @CRLF & _ " 8 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 11 12 EMPTY " & @CRLF & _ " 9 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 9 10 EMPTY " & @CRLF & _ " 10 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 7 8 EMPTY " & @CRLF & _ " 20 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 37 38 EMPTY " & @CRLF & _ " 21 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 39 40 EMPTY " & @CRLF & _ " 22 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 41 42 EMPTY " & @CRLF & _ " 23 000-000-00 0x01a2446 P0 0 # 0000-0 43 44 EMPTY " & @CRLF & _ " 1 949-669-00 0x026a850 B 0 # 0809-0 3 0 HAS (Left HAS LA669-00)" & @CRLF & _ " 13 949-668-00 0x200762d A 0 # 9530-0 0 0 CATALYST HAC" & @CRLF & _ " 12 949-667-00 0x026a4ee D 0 # 0102-0 0 0 DIF" & @CRLF & _ " 24 949-669-01 0x2006037 B 0 # 9717-0 4 0 HAS (Right HAS LA669-01)" & @CRLF & _ "END" 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