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
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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    (...)
  • 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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gmi

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 = "(?mi)^.*\d/\h*\d.*(?:\R.*)*?\REND OF REPORT\b" Local $sString = "TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT REPORT PART 1/ 6 VLR MEASUREMENT VLRMEAS " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "SAMPLE DATE: FROM 2020-10-22 14:00:00:09" & @CRLF & _ " TO 2020-10-22 15:00:00:13" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "REGISTERED SUBSCRIBERS:" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "LOCATION AREA CODE CURRENT AVERAGE TMS1 TMS2 TMS3" & @CRLF & _ " UNKNOWN LAC 2 2 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 113 75868 75749 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 115 40627 40732 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1102 70422 70489 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1105 87075 87067 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1117 56150 56180 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1118 67175 67444 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1120 74385 74381 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1121 65034 65060 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1122 21636 21407 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1217 22944 22856 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1218 49054 48993 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1318 24283 24066 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1418 16366 16350 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 2118 17812 17674 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 2120 79644 79489 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ "TOTAL 768477 767939 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "PART 1/ 6" & @CRLF & _ "END OF REPORT" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "testing some data" & @CRLF & _ "here" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT REPORT PART 2/ 6 VLR MEASUREMENT VLRMEAS " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "SAMPLE DATE: FROM 2020-10-22 14:00:00:09" & @CRLF & _ " TO 2020-10-22 15:00:00:13" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "REGISTERED SUBSCRIBERS:" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "LOCATION AREA CODE CURRENT AVERAGE TMS1 TMS2 TMS3" & @CRLF & _ " UNKNOWN LAC 2 2 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 113 75868 75749 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 115 40627 40732 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1102 70422 70489 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1105 87075 87067 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1117 56150 56180 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1118 67175 67444 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1120 74385 74381 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1121 65034 65060 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1122 21636 21407 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1217 22944 22856 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1218 49054 48993 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1318 24283 24066 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 1418 16366 16350 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 2118 17812 17674 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ " 2120 79644 79489 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ "TOTAL 768477 767939 0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "PART 2/ 6" & @CRLF & _ "END OF REPORT" 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