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)(?!\s)(\+?[0-9 .\/()-]{8,}\d)\b" Local $sString = "s030 12345-67 dsd" & @CRLF & _ "(030) 12345 55 99testword " & @CRLF & _ "testword (030) 12345 44" & @CRLF & _ "0351 4640-123" & @CRLF & _ "09623 12 3 33" & @CRLF & _ "09234 1233" & @CRLF & _ "+49 123 1 2 12 31" & @CRLF & _ "0049 2123 1231" & @CRLF & _ "+1 3519 1231" & @CRLF & _ "0 30 / 12 34 56" & @CRLF & _ "0 30 / 12 34 56" & @CRLF & _ "030 / 12 34 56" & @CRLF & _ "0123 / 12312 123" & @CRLF & _ "testword 0178 1232231" & @CRLF & _ "+490 178 1232231" & @CRLF & _ "testword +36 (351)4740-991 testword" & @CRLF & _ "testword +36(351) 4740-991 testword" & @CRLF & _ "09623 12333 testword" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "should NOT match (with the reason why it shouldn't match):" & @CRLF & _ "+49123123123 //because there is no white space" & @CRLF & _ "01781232231 //because there is no white space" & @CRLF & _ "123456 //because it doesn't have at least 9 digits and no white space" & @CRLF & _ "123.123 //because it has a dot" & @CRLF & _ "12-12-12 //because there is no white space and there is more than one dash" & @CRLF & _ "12-12 -12-12-12 //because there is more than one dash" & @CRLF & _ "1990 - 2000 //because it doesn't have at least 9 digits" & @CRLF & _ "1990-2000 //because it doesn't have at least 9 digits and no white space" & @CRLF & _ "1990-91 //because it doesn't have at least 9 digits and no white space" & @CRLF & _ "123 //because it doesn't have at least 9 digits and no white space" & @CRLF & _ "+36 (351) 47(40-991 //because it has more than one left bracket" & @CRLF & _ "+36 (33) 3)4444" & @CRLF & _ ")40-991 //because it has more than one right bracket" & @CRLF & _ "+23+234 +2346 // because it has more than one plus sign" & @CRLF & _ "234 234 234 234 234 // because it has more than one white space in a row" & @CRLF & _ "123 123123 // because it has more than one white space in a row" & @CRLF & _ "01712123123" & @CRLF & _ "01234" 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