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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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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gmi

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 $sRegex = "(?mi)^\s*(#*)\s*(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\s+([a-zA-Z0-9\.\- ]+)([^#]*#?\w*\s*)$" Local $sString = "# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp." & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ "# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows." & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ "# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each" & @CRLF & _ "# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should" & @CRLF & _ "# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name." & @CRLF & _ "# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one" & @CRLF & _ "# space." & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ "# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual" & @CRLF & _ "# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol." & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ "# For example:" & @CRLF & _ "#" & @CRLF & _ "# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server" & @CRLF & _ "# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself." & @CRLF & _ "# 127.0.0.1 localhost" & @CRLF & _ "# ::1 localhost" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "127.0.0.1 jw smartsite.jw" & @CRLF & _ "127.0.0.1 dev.filepresso.com dev.filepresso.com.pl dev.filepresso.pl dev.filefly.pl" & @CRLF & _ "#### 89.31.66.248 sp.biatelbit.pl" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "192.168.72.51 subversion.biatel.com.pl" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "# 127.0.0.1 bip.smartsite.bit-sa.pl" & @CRLF & _ " # 127.0.0.1 bip.augustow.wrotapodlasia.pl" & @CRLF & _ "127.0.0.1 rpowp.smartsite.bit-sa.pl" & @CRLF & _ "127.0.0.1 cms.smartsite.bit-sa.pl" & @CRLF & _ "127.0.0.1 cms-test.smartsite.bit-sa.pl" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "############################################################ " & @CRLF & _ "# " & @CRLF & _ "# UMWP " & @CRLF & _ "# " & @CRLF & _ "############################################################ " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "############################################################ " & @CRLF & _ "# ST - test - UMWP " & @CRLF & _ "############################################################ " & @CRLF & _ "#10.200.14.70 ST-sapp1 " & @CRLF & _ "#10.200.14.70 tv.smartsite.bit-sa.pl wp.smartsite.bit-sa.pl cms.smartsite.bit-sa.pl test.smartsite.bit-sa.pl bip.smartsite.bit-sa.pl si.smartsite.bit-sa.pl sspw.wrotapodlasia.pl " & @CRLF & _ "#10.200.14.70 radny.smartsite.bit-sa.pl stats.smartsite.bit-sa.pl test9.smartsite.bit-sa.pl " 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