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

/
/
g

Test String

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(.*),(.*),(.*),(.*)" Local $sString = ",UBS154754528,A121215441,10" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215442,20" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215443,15" & @CRLF & _ "GFdfgdfD45454dfgd5457,UBS154754528,A121215444,25" & @CRLF & _ "AAA454545455,UBS154754528,A121215445,254" & @CRLF & _ "vvGFD454545457,UBS154754528,A121215446,215" & @CRLF & _ "dad454545457,UBS154754528,A121215447,55" & @CRLF & _ "eww454545457,UBS154754528,A121215448,214" & @CRLF & _ "asd454545457,UBS154754528,A121215449,26" & @CRLF & _ "trtr454545457,UBS154754528,A121215450,25" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215451,251" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215452,252" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215453,23" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215454,251" & @CRLF & _ "gdfgd454545457,UBS154754528,A121215455,251" & @CRLF & _ "dfdf454545457,UBS154754528,A121215456,25" & @CRLF & _ "fgdfgd454545457,UBS154754528,A121215457,95" & @CRLF & _ "gdfgFD45dfg4545457,UBS154754528,A121215458,58" & @CRLF & _ "dfgdf4545fg45457,UBS154754528,A121215459,254" & @CRLF & _ "dfgd45454dfgfd5457,UBS154754528,A121215460,25" & @CRLF & _ "dfdfGFD45dfgdf4545457,UBS154754528,A121215461,254" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215462,66" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215463,22" & @CRLF & _ ",UBS154754528,A121215464,54" & @CRLF & _ "GfdfgD454fd545457,UBS154754528,A121215465,24" & @CRLF & _ "GFfdgD454dfg545457,UBS154754528,A121215466,45" & @CRLF & _ "GFfdgD45454fgd5457,UBS154754528,A121215467,11" & @CRLF & _ "fgfD4545dfg45457,UBS154754528,A121215468,255" & @CRLF & _ "GFfdgD454dfgd545457,UBS154754528,A121215469,88" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "insert into test_table values('$1','$2','$3',$4);" 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