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RegEx 106-Use Named subpatterns in AutoHotkey Regular Expressions

Using Regular Expressions in AutoHotkey is awesome!  On more complex expressions, I like to use Named subpatterns in AutoHotkey Regular Expressions to, automatically, store the results in named variables which indicate what they represent.

I typically get my RegEx working properly then I go back and change the pattern to using a named subpattern.  For instance if the following was your RegEx that…

RegEx 105- Simplify RegEx with escapes in AutoHotkey Regular Expressions

Using RegEx to identify text patterns is an awesome skill-set to have.  In the below tutorial we review some of the shortcuts /escapes in AutoHotkey Regular Expressions.  These can make your code much more reader-friendly and easier to maintain.

Here’s a cheat-sheet for some of the more popular escapes:

\w =word character

\d = digit

\s =white space (tab, space, etc)

\b = word boundary

Remember,…

I can’t tell you the # of times AutoHotkey Variadic Functions come in handy

AutoHotkey Variadic Functions can be incredibly handy when you don’t know the exact number of parameters.   The below example shows some simple math where you can pass any number of parameters to be added.  It also demonstrates how you can use MaxIndex() to determine how many parameters were passed to the function.

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