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  • All Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

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gm

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 = "(?m)\b(ATU\d{8}|BE[01]\d{9}|BG\d{9,10}|CY\d{8}[LX]|CZ\d{8,10}|DE\d{9}|DK\d{8}|EE\d{9}|EL\d{9}|ES[\dA-Z]\d{7}[\dA-Z]|FI\d{8}|FR[\dA-Z]{2}\d{9}|HR\d{11}|HU\d{8}|IE\d{7}[A-Z]{2}|IT\d{11}|LT(\d{9}|\d{12})|LU\d{8}|LV\d{11}|MT\d{8}|NL\d{9}B\d{2}|PL\d{10}|PT\d{9}|RO\d{2,10}|SE\d{12}|SI\d{8}|SK\d{10})\b" Local $sString = "ATU12345678" & @CRLF & _ "BE1234567890" & @CRLF & _ "BG123456789" & @CRLF & _ "HR12345678901" & @CRLF & _ "CY12345678X" & @CRLF & _ "CZ12345678" & @CRLF & _ "DK12345678" & @CRLF & _ "EE123456789" & @CRLF & _ "FI12345678" & @CRLF & _ "FR12345678901" & @CRLF & _ "DE123456789" & @CRLF & _ "EL123456789" & @CRLF & _ "HU12345678" & @CRLF & _ "IE1234567WA" & @CRLF & _ "IT12345678901" & @CRLF & _ "LV12345678901" & @CRLF & _ "LT123456789" & @CRLF & _ "LU12345678" & @CRLF & _ "MT12345678" & @CRLF & _ "NL123456789B01" & @CRLF & _ "PL1234567890" & @CRLF & _ "PT123456789" & @CRLF & _ "RO1234567890" & @CRLF & _ "SK1234567890" & @CRLF & _ "SI12345678" & @CRLF & _ "ESX12345678" & @CRLF & _ "SE123456789012" 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