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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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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gis

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 $sRegex = "(?is)^(?:[[:^print:][:cntrl:]\s]|GIF89.{0,20})*<\?(?:php)?\s*\$yourmail\s*=.{0,40}?put your e-mail here.{0,190}?scam[\s\w]+by\s*walid\s*nabil.{0,70}?facebook\.com\/oreo0o.{0,50}?walid_nabil(?:[^>]+>\s*)?$" Local $sString = "<?php" & @CRLF & _ "$yourmail = 'Tuto42@yahoo.com'; // PUT YOUR E-MAIL HERE" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "//To Open This Page : domain.com/?wal=mart" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "/*" & @CRLF & _ "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" & @CRLF & _ "$ $" & @CRLF & _ "$ THIS SCAM WAS CREATED BY Walid Nabil (OREOO) $" & @CRLF & _ "$ FB:https://www.facebook.com/OReo0o $" & @CRLF & _ "$ ICQ:https://icq.im/Walid_Nabil $" & @CRLF & _ "$ 2020 $" & @CRLF & _ "$ $" & @CRLF & _ "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " .----------------. .----------------. .----------------. .----------------. .----------------. .----------------. " & @CRLF & _ "| .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. |" & @CRLF & _ "| | ____ | || | _______ | || | _________ | || | ____ | || | ____ | || | ____ | |" & @CRLF & _ "| | .' `. | || | |_ __ \ | || | |_ ___ | | || | .' `. | || | .' `. | || | .' `. | |" & @CRLF & _ "| | / .--. \ | || | | |__) | | || | | |_ \_| | || | / .--. \ | || | / .--. \ | || | / .--. \ | |" & @CRLF & _ "| | | | | | | || | | __ / | || | | _| _ | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | |" & @CRLF & _ "| | \ `--' / | || | _| | \ \_ | || | _| |___/ | | || | \ `--' / | || | \ `--' / | || | \ `--' / | |" & @CRLF & _ "| | `.____.' | || | |____| |___| | || | |_________| | || | `.____.' | || | `.____.' | || | `.____.' | |" & @CRLF & _ "| | | || | | || | | || | | || | | || | | |" & @CRLF & _ "| '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' |" & @CRLF & _ " '----------------' '----------------' '----------------' '----------------' '----------------' '----------------' " & @CRLF & _ "*/" & @CRLF & _ "?>" & @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