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  • All Tokens
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  • Substitution
  • 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

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Test String

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)(\((.*?)\))" Local $sString = "Chats (Felis catus)" & @CRLF & _ "Chiens (Canis lupus familiaris)" & @CRLF & _ "Chevaux (Equus ferus caballus)" & @CRLF & _ "Moutons (Ovis aries)" & @CRLF & _ "Bovins (Bos taurus taurus)" & @CRLF & _ "Porcs (Susscrofa domestica)" & @CRLF & _ "Chèvres (Capra aegagrus hircus)" & @CRLF & _ "Les lapins (Oryctolagus cuniculus)" & @CRLF & _ "Les canards (Anas platyrhyncos domesticus)" & @CRLF & _ "Les dindons (Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo)" & @CRLF & _ "Ânes (Equus asinus)" & @CRLF & _ "Mules (Equus asinus x Equus caballus)" & @CRLF & _ "Chien" & @CRLF & _ "Chat" & @CRLF & _ "Furet" & @CRLF & _ "Cheval" & @CRLF & _ "âne" & @CRLF & _ "vache" & @CRLF & _ "lama" & @CRLF & _ "mule" & @CRLF & _ "Porc" & @CRLF & _ "Cochon d'Inde" & @CRLF & _ "Rat domestique" & @CRLF & _ "Hamster doré" & @CRLF & _ "Souris domestique" & @CRLF & _ "gerbille de Mongolie" & @CRLF & _ "Lapin domestique" & @CRLF & _ "Canard colvert" & @CRLF & _ "Poule " & @CRLF & _ "paon" & @CRLF & _ "Pigeon" & @CRLF & _ "tourterelle" & @CRLF & _ "colombe" & @CRLF & _ "Canari" & @CRLF & _ "Perruche" & @CRLF & _ "Poisson rouge" & @CRLF & _ "Carpe koï" & @CRLF & _ "axolotl" & @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