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  • 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
No Match

/
/
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 = "BN((6(0[0-9]|1[0134]|2[1-9]|3[0-1]))|7(0[68]|1(0|1[A-C])|2([1-4]|5|[7-9])|3[01]))" Local $sString = "BN601" & @CRLF & _ "BN602" & @CRLF & _ "BN603" & @CRLF & _ "BN604" & @CRLF & _ "BN605" & @CRLF & _ "BN606" & @CRLF & _ "BN607" & @CRLF & _ "BN608" & @CRLF & _ "BN609" & @CRLF & _ "BN610" & @CRLF & _ "BN611" & @CRLF & _ "BN612" & @CRLF & _ "BN613" & @CRLF & _ "BN614" & @CRLF & _ "BN615" & @CRLF & _ "BN616" & @CRLF & _ "BN617" & @CRLF & _ "BN618" & @CRLF & _ "BN619" & @CRLF & _ "BN620" & @CRLF & _ "BN621" & @CRLF & _ "BN622" & @CRLF & _ "BN623" & @CRLF & _ "BN624" & @CRLF & _ "BN625" & @CRLF & _ "BN626" & @CRLF & _ "BN627" & @CRLF & _ "BN628" & @CRLF & _ "BN629" & @CRLF & _ "BN630" & @CRLF & _ "BN631" & @CRLF & _ "BN632" & @CRLF & _ "BN701" & @CRLF & _ "BN702" & @CRLF & _ "BN703" & @CRLF & _ "BN704" & @CRLF & _ "BN705" & @CRLF & _ "BN706" & @CRLF & _ "BN707" & @CRLF & _ "BN708" & @CRLF & _ "BN709" & @CRLF & _ "BN710" & @CRLF & _ "BN711" & @CRLF & _ "BN711A" & @CRLF & _ "BN711B" & @CRLF & _ "BN711C" & @CRLF & _ "BN711a" & @CRLF & _ "BN711b" & @CRLF & _ "BN711c" & @CRLF & _ "BN712" & @CRLF & _ "BN713" & @CRLF & _ "BN714" & @CRLF & _ "BN715" & @CRLF & _ "BN716" & @CRLF & _ "BN717" & @CRLF & _ "BN718" & @CRLF & _ "BN719" & @CRLF & _ "BN720" & @CRLF & _ "BN721" & @CRLF & _ "BN722" & @CRLF & _ "BN723" & @CRLF & _ "BN724" & @CRLF & _ "BN725" & @CRLF & _ "BN726" & @CRLF & _ "BN727" & @CRLF & _ "BN728" & @CRLF & _ "BN729" & @CRLF & _ "BN730" & @CRLF & _ "BN731" & @CRLF & _ "BN732" & @CRLF & _ "" 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