Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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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
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/
/
g

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "([\w\s-\(\)]+)</" Local $sString = "<a class="producto" href="ver.asp?id=4013">A86028</a></span><!-- /a --></td></tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="producto" href="ver.asp?id=4014">1027C</a></span><!-- /a --></td></tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="producto" href="ver.asp?id=4014">5611 4020</a></span>" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- /a --></td></tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="producto" href="ver.asp?id=4014">396-4185</a></span>" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- /a --></td></tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="producto" href="ver.asp?id=4014">834006-5-7</a></span>" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- /a --></td></tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="producto" href="ver.asp?id=4014">5601GR 4325GR</a></span>" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- /a --></td></tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="producto" href="ver.asp?id=4014">2182CR(2)</a></span>" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- /a --></td></tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="producto" href="ver.asp?id=4014">1458-54-63-55</a></span>" & @CRLF & _ "<!-- /a --></td></tr>" & @CRLF & _ "" 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