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  • All Tokens
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  • 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

/
/
g

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Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "\s(\w*)Command\.Register\((([\S]*,([^;\n\r])*)+)typeof\((.*)Values\)\);" Local $sString = "public static readonly SimpleCommand ReadTemperatureCommand =" & @CRLF & _ " SimpleCommand.Register(ReadTemperatureCommandId, "ReadTemperature", "showtemp.py", "", 5, typeof(TemperatureListCommandResultProcessor), typeof(TemperatureListDeviceValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " public static readonly SimpleCommand GetDataType1Command =" & @CRLF & _ " SimpleCommand.Register(" & @CRLF & _ " GetDataType1CommandTypeId," & @CRLF & _ " "GetData"," & @CRLF & _ " "HttpClient2.py"," & @CRLF & _ " @"""/data/ajax.txt?CAN=1&HASH=00200403&TYPE=1"" ""GET"" """""," & @CRLF & _ " 5," & @CRLF & _ " typeof(SunwaysSolarInverterDataType1CommandResultProcessor)," & @CRLF & _ " typeof(SunwaysSolarInverterDeviceValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "public static readonly ArgumentedCommand UpdateAsyncCommandsCommand =" & @CRLF & _ " ArgumentedCommand.Register(" & @CRLF & _ " UpdateAsyncCommandsCommandId," & @CRLF & _ " "UpdateAsyncCommands"," & @CRLF & _ " "UpdateAsyncCommands.py"," & @CRLF & _ " ""," & @CRLF & _ " 5," & @CRLF & _ " UpdateAsyncCommandsCreateArguments," & @CRLF & _ " new[] { typeof(AsynchronousCommand[]) }," & @CRLF & _ " typeof(UpdateAsyncCommandsCommandResultProcessor)," & @CRLF & _ " typeof(GridboxCommunicationObjectValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "public static readonly SimpleDynamicObjectAttribute<bool> AsynchronousCommandsChangedProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " SimpleDynamicObjectAttribute<bool>.Register("AsynchronousCommandsChanged", false, typeof(BusyGridObjectValues), false, false);" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "public static readonly SimpleDynamicObjectAttribute<string> MailProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " SimpleDynamicObjectAttribute<string>.Register("Mail", typeof(DefaultUserValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "public static readonly ProtectedSimpleDynamicObjectAttribute<int> PasswordStorageMethodVersionProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " ProtectedSimpleDynamicObjectAttribute<int>.Register("PasswordStorageMethodVersion", 2, typeof(DefaultUserValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "public static readonly ListSetDynamicObjectAttribute<string> LocalIpNetworksProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " ListSetDynamicObjectAttribute<string>.Register("LocalIpNetworks", typeof(GridboxCommunicationObjectValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "public static readonly DictionaryDynamicObjectAttribute<Guid, GridObjectTypeContentFilter> ContentFiltersProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " DictionaryDynamicObjectAttribute<Guid, GridObjectTypeContentFilter>.Register("ContentFilters", typeof(DefaultContentFilterValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " public static readonly StrongGridObjectReference ContentFilterListContentFilterIdProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " StrongGridObjectReference.Register("ContentFilterListContentFilterId", new Guid("ce06d088-1b5e-4cab-98d2-b0fd63bc0d5b"), typeof(ContentFilterValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " public static readonly GridObjectReference ContentFilterListContentFilterIdProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " GridObjectReference.Register("ContentFilterListContentFilterId", new Guid("ce06d088-1b5e-4cab-98d2-b0fd63bc0d5b"), typeof(ContentFilterValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " public static readonly GridObjectReference ContentFilterListContentFilterIdProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " GridObjectReference.Register("ContentFilterListContentFilterId", new Guid("ce06d088-1b5e-4cab-98d2-b0fd63bc0d5b"), typeof(ContentFilterValues));" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "public static readonly GridObjectReferenceList PermissionIdsProperty =" & @CRLF & _ " GridObjectReferenceList.Register("PermissionIds", typeof(DefaultRoleValues));" Local $sSubst = "GridObjectModel.Register$1Reference$2($3, $4TypeIdString);" 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