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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • 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

/
/
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 = "(((((#)|())(([ \t\n]+|()))([a-zA-Z0-9]+)([ \t\n]+))|())((([ \t\n]+|()))((move|mult)|([a-z]+)))((([ \t\n]+|()))(:))((([ \t\n]+|()))([a-zA-Z0-9,&\* \t\"\n\[\]]+))(;))|((([ \t\n]+|()))((save|end)|([a-z]+))(([ \t\n]+|()))(;))" Local $sString = "" & @CRLF & _ "{" & @CRLF & _ " stream: gogo;" & @CRLF & _ " move: some, reg1;" & @CRLF & _ " #jix mult: &num, reg2;" & @CRLF & _ " push: reg2;" & @CRLF & _ " sus : 0x20;" & @CRLF & _ " add : him, her;" & @CRLF & _ " #goto " & @CRLF & _ " jump: loop;" & @CRLF & _ " dec : him, *reg2;" & @CRLF & _ " #get" & @CRLF & _ " add : onu, buna;" & @CRLF & _ " jump: goto;" & @CRLF & _ " #mydear move: "moses", rgb[8]; " & @CRLF & _ " save ;" & @CRLF & _ " end ;" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "{" & @CRLF & _ " move: mos, reg1;" & @CRLF & _ " mult: &num, reg2;" & @CRLF & _ " push: reg2;" & @CRLF & _ " int : 0x20;" & @CRLF & _ " #lab" & @CRLF & _ " add : him, her;" & @CRLF & _ " jump: loop;" & @CRLF & _ " #mos" & @CRLF & _ " dec: him, *reg2;" & @CRLF & _ " #inst" & @CRLF & _ " add: onu, buna;" & @CRLF & _ " jump: lab;" & @CRLF & _ " save;" & @CRLF & _ " end;" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "{" & @CRLF & _ " inc: moses, to;" & @CRLF & _ " #io" & @CRLF & _ " push: him;" & @CRLF & _ " #kim" & @CRLF & _ " jump: frame;" & @CRLF & _ "}" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " okbro () {" & @CRLF & _ " dec: him, beat;" & @CRLF & _ " #his" & @CRLF & _ " push: him;" & @CRLF & _ " jump: main;" & @CRLF & _ " ret; }" 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