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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
No Match

r"
"
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 = "([a-zA-Z]+)[\s\-\.]+(\d{1,2})[\s\-\,]+(\d{4})" Local $sString = "04/20/2009; 04/20/09; 4/3/09 7/8/71" & @CRLF & _ "Mar-20-2009; Mar 20, 2009; March 20, 2009; Mar. 20, 2009; Mar 20 2009" & @CRLF & _ "20 Mar 2009; 20 March 2009; 20 Mar. 2009; 20 March, 2009" & @CRLF & _ "Mar 20th, 2009; Mar 21st, 2009; Mar 22nd, 2009" & @CRLF & _ "Feb 2009; Sep 2009; Oct 2010" & @CRLF & _ "6/2008; 12/2009" & @CRLF & _ "6/1998 Primary Care Doctor:" & @CRLF & _ "2009; 2010" & @CRLF & _ "(4/10/71)Score-1Audit C Score Current: 9/27/75. " & @CRLF & _ "1; 10/13/1976 Audit C Score," & @CRLF & _ "4-13-82 Other Child Mental occasion 5/21/77." & @CRLF & _ "1; 10/13/1976 Audit C" & @CRLF & _ "(1988-now)" & @CRLF & _ "B12 969 2007" & @CRLF & _ "Lab: B12 969 2007" & @CRLF & _ "Ely 708-810-7787 " & @CRLF & _ "February, 2010" & @CRLF & _ "URUGUAY September 1984." & @CRLF & _ "7HH, April 1985 Hx of Outpatient" & @CRLF & _ "Venlafaxine 37.5mg daily: May, 2011: self-discontinued" & @CRLF & _ ") Paxil (Jan 1978) : sedation" & @CRLF & _ "LFTs WNL (October 1996)Problems Opioid dependence" & @CRLF & _ ""I wasn't getting anywhere" (April 1988)Prior" & @CRLF & _ "Prozac 20 mg daily: February, 1995: self-discontinued" & @CRLF & _ "sLexapro (1988-now): Good response (anxiety)" & @CRLF & _ "pOct 2015 - Admitted to Gray" & @CRLF & _ "lNovember 1990 - NPCCHx of Outpatient Treatment: Yes" 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