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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Meta Sequences
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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

/
/
g

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?'pair'(?'d'-)(?'lcv'\w+)(?'s'\s)(?'dol'\$)(?'o'\()(?'ucv'\w+)(?'c'\)))(?'es'\n?)" Local $sString = "-solutionName $(SolutionName)" & @CRLF & _ "-solutionAbbreviation $(SolutionAbbreviation)" & @CRLF & _ "-projectName $(ProjectName)" & @CRLF & _ "-projectAbbreviation $(ProjectAbbreviation)" & @CRLF & _ "-environmentAbbreviation $(EnvironmentAbbreviation)" & @CRLF & _ "-appServicePlanAbbreviation $(AppServicePlanAbbreviation)" & @CRLF & _ "-logicAppAbbreviation $(LogicAppAbbreviation)" & @CRLF & _ "-serviceBusNamespaceAbbreviation $(ServiceBusNamespaceAbbreviation)" & @CRLF & _ "-serviceBusQueueAbbreviation $(ServiceBusQueueAbbreviation)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanAppServicePlanLocation $(ScanAppServicePlanLocation)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanAppServicePlanSKUName $(ScanAppServicePlanSKUName)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanAppServicePlanSKUTier $(ScanAppServicePlanSKUTier)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanAppServicePlanNumberOfWorkers $(ScanAppServicePlanNumberOfWorkers)" & @CRLF & _ "-hockeyAppAPIUri $(HockeyAppAPIUri)" & @CRLF & _ "-hockeyAppAPIAuthenticationTenant $(HockeyAppAPIAuthenticationTenant)" & @CRLF & _ "-hockeyAppAPIAuthenticationAudience $(HockeyAppAPIAuthenticationAudience)" & @CRLF & _ "-hockeyAppAPIAuthenticationClientId $(HockeyAppAPIAuthenticationClientId)" & @CRLF & _ "-hockeyAppAPIAuthenticationSecret $(HockeyAppAPIAuthenticationSecret)" & @CRLF & _ "-hockeyAppAPIPollingInterval $(HockeyAppAPIPollingInterval)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanQueueNamespaceKind $(ScanQueueNamespaceKind)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanQueueNamespaceSkuName $(ScanQueueNamespaceSkuName)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanQueueNamespaceSkuTier $(ScanQueueNamespaceSkuTier)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanQueueNamespaceLocation $(ScanQueueNamespaceLocation)" & @CRLF & _ "-scanQueueNamespaceAuthorizationRulesLocation $(ScanQueueNamespaceAuthorizationRulesLocation)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sSubst = "${pair}" 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