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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

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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 $sRegex = "(?m)^([[:alpha:]]+\s)+((V2)\s-\s).*$" Local $sString = "AppMessages - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "AppMessages - Master" & @CRLF & _ "AppMessages2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "AppMessages2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "AWS - Octopus Release" & @CRLF & _ "BellHop - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "BellHop - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Bellhop Model - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Bellhop Model - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Bellhop Model V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Bellhop Model V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "BellHop Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "BellHop Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "BSG Log4j Extras - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "BSG Log4j Extras - Master" & @CRLF & _ "BSG Log4j Extras V2- Dev" & @CRLF & _ "BSG Log4j Extras V2- Master" & @CRLF & _ "BSG-BOM - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "BSG-BOM - Master" & @CRLF & _ "BSG-BOM2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "BSG-BOM2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Core Model - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Core Model - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Core Model V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Core Model V2- Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Core Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Core Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Core Services V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Core Services V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "DealerLocator - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "EMS Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "EMS Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "EMS Services V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "EMS Services V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Entitlements Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Entitlements Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Entitlements SOAP API - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Laipac Service - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Laipac Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Laipac Services V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Laipac Services V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "LDK Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "LDK Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "LDK Services V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "LDK Services V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "LicenseAdmin - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "LicenseAdmin - Master" & @CRLF & _ "LiteFlexNetIntegration - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "LiteFlexNetIntegration - Master" & @CRLF & _ "LiteIntegration - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "LiteIntegration - Master" & @CRLF & _ "LiteLib - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "LiteLib - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Logviewer - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Logviewer - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Messaging Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Messaging Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "OptionKeys - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "OptionKeys - Master" & @CRLF & _ "OptionKeysAPI - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "OptionKeysAPI - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Pools API - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Pools API - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Pools Model - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Pools Model - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Pools Model V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Pools Model V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Pools Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Pools Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Pools Services V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Pools Services V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "SubscriptionManager - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "SubscriptionManager - Master" & @CRLF & _ "SubscriptionManager2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "SubscriptionManager2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Tid Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Tid Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "TidHTTP - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "TidHTTP - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Upload templates to S3 - branch2Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Upload templates to S3 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "Upload templates to S3 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "Upload templates to S3 - Test" & @CRLF & _ "VirtualWarehouse - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VirtualWarehouse - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VirtualWarehouse Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VirtualWarehouse Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VirtualWarehouse Services V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VirtualWarehouse Services V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW Axiom - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW Axiom - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW Lite API - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW Lite API - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW Remedy Events - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW Remedy Events - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW Remedy Events Consumer - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW Remedy Events Consumer - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW Remedy Events Lib - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW Remedy Events Lib - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW Scheduled Tasks - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW Scheduled Tasks - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW Sentinel - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW Sentinel - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW Subscriptions - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW Subscriptions - Master" & @CRLF & _ "VW5 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "VW5 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce API - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce API - Master" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce Model - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce Model - Master" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce Model V2 - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce Model V2 - Master" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce Services - Dev" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce Services - Master" & @CRLF & _ "WooCommerce Services V2 - Dev" & @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