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  • All Tokens
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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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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?):([0-9]+)\->[0-9]+\/([a-z]{3})" Local $sString = " Name Command State Ports" & @CRLF & _ "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "factorio_1 /docker-entrypoint.sh Up 0.0.0.0:27015->27015/tcp, 0.0.0.0:34197->34197/udp" & @CRLF & _ "minecraft_server /start Up (healthy) 0.0.0.0:25565->25565/tcp, 0.0.0.0:25565->25565/udp, 0.0.0.0:25575->25575/tcp, 0.0.0.0:25575->25575/udp" & @CRLF & _ "terraria_1 ./run.sh Up 0.0.0.0:7777->7777/tcp, 0.0.0.0:7777->7777/udp" & @CRLF & _ "ts3_db docker-entrypoint.sh mysqld Up 3306/tcp" & @CRLF & _ "ts3_server entrypoint.sh ts3server Up 0.0.0.0:10011->10011/tcp, 0.0.0.0:10022->10022/tcp, 0.0.0.0:10080->10080/tcp, 0.0.0.0:10443->10443/tcp, 0.0.0.0:30033->30033/tcp, 0.0.0.0:41144->41144/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9987->9987/udp" 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