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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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

/
/
gm

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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 $sRegex = "(?m)^[0]{1}[12345689]{1}[0-9]{1}[0-9]{7}$" Local $sString = "0112440767" & @CRLF & _ "0112575409" & @CRLF & _ "0112324846" & @CRLF & _ "0112434545" & @CRLF & _ "0112574651" & @CRLF & _ "0112421395" & @CRLF & _ "0112914215" & @CRLF & _ "0112447378" & @CRLF & _ "0112687141" & @CRLF & _ "0112431766" & @CRLF & _ "0114817240" & @CRLF & _ "0112810828" & @CRLF & _ "0112573296" & @CRLF & _ "0112580403" & @CRLF & _ "0112502437" & @CRLF & _ "0112449460" & @CRLF & _ "0112347856" & @CRLF & _ "0112421299" & @CRLF & _ "0112685633" & @CRLF & _ "0112575659" & @CRLF & _ "0112522545" & @CRLF & _ "0112330446" & @CRLF & _ "0112508512" & @CRLF & _ "0112692055" & @CRLF & _ "0112449631" & @CRLF & _ "0112336517" & @CRLF & _ "0112324924" & @CRLF & _ "0112335561" & @CRLF & _ "0112435306" & @CRLF & _ "0112436644" & @CRLF & _ "0112501030" & @CRLF & _ "0112522549" & @CRLF & _ "0112685773" & @CRLF & _ "0112686691" & @CRLF & _ "0112431174" & @CRLF & _ "0372238001" & @CRLF & _ "0112431405" & @CRLF & _ "0112432681" & @CRLF & _ "0112584173" & @CRLF & _ "0112584961" & @CRLF & _ "0112421464" & @CRLF & _ "0112320052" & @CRLF & _ "0112596747" & @CRLF & _ "0112324724" & @CRLF & _ "0112448612" & @CRLF & _ "0112433022" & @CRLF & _ "0112422473" & @CRLF & _ "0112338162" & @CRLF & _ "0112508100" & @CRLF & _ "0112438836" & @CRLF & _ "0112329161" & @CRLF & _ "0112440591" & @CRLF & _ "0112986417" & @CRLF & _ "0112435780" & @CRLF & _ "0372224138" & @CRLF & _ "0112431000" & @CRLF & _ "0112335836" & @CRLF & _ "0112301337" & @CRLF & _ "0112437936" & @CRLF & _ "0112334624" & @CRLF & _ "0112588884" & @CRLF & _ "0112432575" & @CRLF & _ "0112434683" & @CRLF & _ "0112589489" & @CRLF & _ "0372229141" & @CRLF & _ "0112503650" & @CRLF & _ "0112325225" & @CRLF & _ "0112330523" & @CRLF & _ "0112431531" & @CRLF & _ "0112434047" & @CRLF & _ "0112433495" & @CRLF & _ "0112325473" & @CRLF & _ "0112436311" & @CRLF & _ "0112323014" & @CRLF & _ "0112593973" & @CRLF & _ "0112582785" & @CRLF & _ "0112433286" & @CRLF & _ "0112502016" & @CRLF & _ "0112446699" & @CRLF & _ "0112816053" 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