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  • A single character of: a, b or c
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    a{3,}
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    a{3,6}
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Regular Expression

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gmi

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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 = "(?mi)\b(?:(?:[A-Z][A-HJ-Y]?[0-9][0-9A-Z]?|ASCN|STHL|TDCU|BBND|[BFS]IQ{2}|GX11|PCRN|TKCA) ?[0-9][A-Z]{2}|GIR ?0A{2}|SAN ?TA1|AI-?[0-9]{4}|BFPO[ -]?[0-9]{2,3}|MSR[ -]?1(?:1[12]|[23][135])0|VG[ -]?11[1-6]0|[A-Z]{2} ? [0-9]{2}|KY[1-3][ -]?[0-2][0-9]{3})\b" Local $sString = "M1 1AA" & @CRLF & _ "M60 1NW" & @CRLF & _ "CR2 6XH" & @CRLF & _ "DN55 1PT" & @CRLF & _ "GY101ZZ" & @CRLF & _ "W1A 1HQ" & @CRLF & _ "EC1A 1BB" & @CRLF & _ "CW3 9SS" & @CRLF & _ "SE5 0EG" & @CRLF & _ "SE50EG" & @CRLF & _ "se5 0eg" & @CRLF & _ "WC2H 7LT" & @CRLF & _ "BS98 1TL" & @CRLF & _ "BX1 1LT" & @CRLF & _ "BX2 1LB" & @CRLF & _ "BX3 2BB" & @CRLF & _ "BX4 7SB" & @CRLF & _ "BX5 5AT" & @CRLF & _ "CF10 1BH" & @CRLF & _ "CF99 1NA" & @CRLF & _ "CV4 8UW" & @CRLF & _ "CV35 0DB" & @CRLF & _ "DA1 1RT" & @CRLF & _ "DE99 3GG" & @CRLF & _ "DE55 4SW" & @CRLF & _ "DH98 1BT" & @CRLF & _ "DH99 1NS" & @CRLF & _ "E14 5HQ" & @CRLF & _ "E14 5JP" & @CRLF & _ "E16 1XL" & @CRLF & _ "E20 2AQ" & @CRLF & _ "E20 2BB" & @CRLF & _ "E20 2ST" & @CRLF & _ "E20 3BS" & @CRLF & _ "E20 3EL" & @CRLF & _ "E20 3ET" & @CRLF & _ "E20 3HB" & @CRLF & _ "E20 3HY" & @CRLF & _ "E98 1SN" & @CRLF & _ "E98 1ST" & @CRLF & _ "E98 1TT" & @CRLF & _ "EC2N 2DB" & @CRLF & _ "EC4Y 0HQ" & @CRLF & _ "EH12 1HQ" & @CRLF & _ "EH99 1SP" & @CRLF & _ "G58 1SB" & @CRLF & _ "GIR 0AA" & @CRLF & _ "IV21 2LR" & @CRLF & _ "L30 4GB" & @CRLF & _ "LS98 1FD" & @CRLF & _ "M50 2BH" & @CRLF & _ "M50 2QH" & @CRLF & _ "N1 9GU" & @CRLF & _ "N81 1ER" & @CRLF & _ "NE1 4ST" & @CRLF & _ "NG80 1EH" & @CRLF & _ "NG80 1LH" & @CRLF & _ "NG80 1RH" & @CRLF & _ "NG80 1TH" & @CRLF & _ "MSR1110" & @CRLF & _ "MSR1120" & @CRLF & _ "MSR1210" & @CRLF & _ "MSR1230" & @CRLF & _ "MSR1250" & @CRLF & _ "MSR1310" & @CRLF & _ "MSR1330" & @CRLF & _ "MSR1350" & @CRLF & _ "PH1 5RB" & @CRLF & _ "PH1 2SJ" & @CRLF & _ "S2 4SU" & @CRLF & _ "S6 1SW" & @CRLF & _ "SB 01" & @CRLF & _ "VG1110" & @CRLF & _ "S14 7UP" & @CRLF & _ "SE1 0NE" & @CRLF & _ "SE1 8UJ" & @CRLF & _ "SM6 0HB" & @CRLF & _ "SN38 1NW" & @CRLF & _ "SR5 1SU" & @CRLF & _ "SW1A 0AA" & @CRLF & _ "WC1N2PL" & @CRLF & _ "SW1A 0PW" & @CRLF & _ "SW1A 1AA" & @CRLF & _ "SW1A 2AA" & @CRLF & _ "SW1A 2AB" & @CRLF & _ "SW1H 0TL" & @CRLF & _ "SW1P 3EU" & @CRLF & _ "SW1W 0DT" & @CRLF & _ "TW8 9GS" & @CRLF & _ "W1A 1AA" & @CRLF & _ "W1D 4FA" & @CRLF & _ "W1N 4DJ" & @CRLF & _ "W1T 1FB" & @CRLF & _ "CO4 3SQ" & @CRLF & _ "SAN TA1" & @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