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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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

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/
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 $sRegex = "(?m)^(1|0[1-9]0|0[0-9][1-9]|[1-9][0-9][0-9])$" Local $sString = "<--! select 1 or 001..999 sequences -->" & @CRLF & _ "0" & @CRLF & _ "1" & @CRLF & _ "9" & @CRLF & _ "00" & @CRLF & _ "09" & @CRLF & _ "10" & @CRLF & _ "99" & @CRLF & _ "000" & @CRLF & _ "001" & @CRLF & _ "002" & @CRLF & _ "004" & @CRLF & _ "010" & @CRLF & _ "011" & @CRLF & _ "021" & @CRLF & _ "100" & @CRLF & _ "101" & @CRLF & _ "110" & @CRLF & _ "115" & @CRLF & _ "120" & @CRLF & _ "125" & @CRLF & _ "127" & @CRLF & _ "135" & @CRLF & _ "139" & @CRLF & _ "141" & @CRLF & _ "201" & @CRLF & _ "222" & @CRLF & _ "230" & @CRLF & _ "245" & @CRLF & _ "247" & @CRLF & _ "250" & @CRLF & _ "254 sgnlfsf" & @CRLF & _ "2340" & @CRLF & _ "345" & @CRLF & _ "255" & @CRLF & _ "853" & @CRLF & _ "999" 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