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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

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)^(?: +|\t+)\+ *(?:VAR|CONST) *\w+ *=.*(?:\R^(?> +|\t+)[^+\s].*)*" Local $sString = " + VAR name1 = var indented by two spaces and the first nonspace character is '+'" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR name2 = var indented by 2x2 spaces" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR name3 = var indented by one \t" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR name4 = the next line with "name5" is not valid. missing the = character, should not be matched" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR name5" & @CRLF & _ " + CONST name6 = the type could be VAR or CONST" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR multi1 = multiline value where the continuation lines" & @CRLF & _ " are indented (starts with two spaces or one tab) and NOT followed by the '+'" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR multi1 = multiline value" & @CRLF & _ " indented" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR multi1 = multiline value" & @CRLF & _ " indented ok too" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR single = this is single line" & @CRLF & _ " + because this line even if it is indented, the first nonspace character is '+'" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR multi2 = multiline" & @CRLF & _ " could be" & @CRLF & _ " indented" & @CRLF & _ " any way" & @CRLF & _ " and any number of times" & @CRLF & _ " until the first non-indented line" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "the following should NOT match" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "+ VAR some = sould not be matched, because the line isn't indented" & @CRLF & _ " + VAR some = sould not be matched, because the line isn't indented at least with TWO spaces or one tab" & @CRLF & _ " + SOME name = value not matched because the SOME isn't VAR or CONST" 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