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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
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gm

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?m)\/\*(?:.|\n)*?GNU General Public License(?:.|\n)*?\*\/|\"use strict";" Local $sString = "/* " & @CRLF & _ " * This file is part of OverPy (https://github.com/Zezombye/overpy)." & @CRLF & _ " * Copyright (c) 2019 Zezombye." & @CRLF & _ " * " & @CRLF & _ " * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify " & @CRLF & _ " * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by " & @CRLF & _ " * the Free Software Foundation, version 3." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but " & @CRLF & _ " * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of " & @CRLF & _ " * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU " & @CRLF & _ " * General Public License for more details." & @CRLF & _ " *" & @CRLF & _ " * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License " & @CRLF & _ " * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>." & @CRLF & _ " */" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ ""use strict";" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "astParsingFunctions["_&addToScore"] = function(content) {" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " if (enableOptimization) {" & @CRLF & _ " if (content.args[0].name === "__number__" && content.args[0].args[0].numValue === 0) {" & @CRLF & _ " return getAstForUselessInstruction();" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " return content;" & @CRLF & _ "}" Local $sSubst = "" 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