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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

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)[^_]+(?=\.html)" Local $sString = "'"IIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIITIIiIIIIIfiI° W‘i’" & @CRLF & _ "INVOICE TO KN SALES INVOICE" & @CRLF & _ "BROSE SPARTANBURG , INC." & @CRLF & _ "1171 HOWELL ROAD KN TRACKING NUMBER 1036 303 978" & @CRLF & _ "STE.300 KN ACCOUNTING NO. 1036303978—2160" & @CRLF & _ "DUNCAN SC 29334 ACCOUNT NUMBER 8416043" & @CRLF & _ "UNITED STATES INVOICE NO. / DATE GSPN790430 02/01/2021" & @CRLF & _ "DUE DATE 03/03/2021" & @CRLF & _ "CONSIGNEE SHIPPER" & @CRLF & _ "BROSE SPARTANBURG , INC. KUEHNE + NAGEL (AG & CO.) KG" & @CRLF & _ "1171 HOWELL ROAD FS" & @CRLF & _ "STE.300 WILHELM-KAISEN-BRUECKE 1" & @CRLF & _ "DUNCAN SC 29334 28195 BREMEN" & @CRLF & _ "UNITED STATES GERMANY" & @CRLF & _ "__" & @CRLF & _ "VESSEL NAME : AL BAHIA VOYAGE NUMBER : 012W" & @CRLF & _ "PL. OF RECEIPT : KRONACH MOVEMENT TYPE : CFS/CY" & @CRLF & _ "P. OF LOADING : HAMBURG ETD/ATD : 12/30/2020" & @CRLF & _ "P. OF DISCHARGE : CHARLESTON, SC ETA/ATA : 01/18/2021" & @CRLF & _ "PL. OF DELIVERY : DUNCAN DANGEROUS GOODS : NO" & @CRLF & _ "TERMS OF TRADE : CFR DUNCAN INSURAN. STATUS : NOT ARRANGED BY KN" & @CRLF & _ "MARKS & NOS QTY TYPE DESCRIPTION OF GOODS WGHT VOL" & @CRLF & _ "1 40' HC AS PER AHTWEHED 10749.00 56.100" & @CRLF & _ "CODE CHARGE NAME USD" & @CRLF & _ "156 PRECARRIAGE 880.60" & @CRLF & _ "300 EXPORT CUSTOMS CLEARANCE 41.65" & @CRLF & _ "340 VGM FEE 15.00" & @CRLF & _ "400 THC - ORIGIN 357.00" & @CRLF & _ "550 SEAFREIGHT 1,561.00" & @CRLF & _ "581 AMS/ACI SECURITY FEE 45.00" & @CRLF & _ "570 BUC - BUNKER CHARGE 347.68" & @CRLF & _ "600 THC - DESTINATION 80.00" & @CRLF & _ "406 CONTAINER STUFFING EXPORT 426.16" & @CRLF & _ "SUBTOTAL USD 3,754.09" & @CRLF & _ "INVOICE TOTAL USD 3,754.09" & @CRLF & _ "g PAYABLE" & @CRLF & _ "BE CTD NUMBER: HLCUEUR2011DRZW7" & @CRLF & _ "fig AMS NUMBER: BANQBRE4631801" & @CRLF & _ "«'2" & @CRLF & _ "fig THE SHIPMENT IS EMITTING 2020.00 KGM KGS OF CO2 FROM KRONACH TO DUNCAN, SC." & @CRLF & _ "Egg THE VALUE IS ESTIMATED BASED ON CLEAN CARGO AND EN 16258 METHODOLOGIES." & @CRLF & _ "0X0;" & @CRLF & _ "2.5011" & @CRLF & _ "'13:" & @CRLF & _ "933" & @CRLF & _ "§§§ IEEE'SERF'IEAPDEWCS DR SUITE #EIé-11((886é1)8g79é-112§216 RemmmEIIfionguiIIyoaBQIeéa'BT Kuehne + Na el Inc" & @CRLF & _ "§§§ GREENV'LLE: SC 29507 .. maggppgéflfiectfiggflss ABA-021000089 SWIFT: cmusaa DEBRA (gRREfi—" & @CRLF & _ "32%" & @CRLF & _ "£55 KMSTDWSUS 00034887002021-02-01T12:43250.596052008AUSNIULTT" 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