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  • All Tokens
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  • Substitution
  • 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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Test String

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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 = "(?:[a-z0-9_-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9_-]+)*|"(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7f]|" & @CRLF & _ "\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])*"){2,255}@(?:(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]){1,255}?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]){1,64}?|" & @CRLF & _ "\[(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]:" & @CRLF & _ "(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21-\x5a\x53-\x7f]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])+)\])" Local $sString = "valid.email@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "john.doe123@example.co.uk" & @CRLF & _ "alice_smith@company.org" & @CRLF & _ "user1234@emailprovider.net" & @CRLF & _ "test.email1234@email-domain.com" & @CRLF & _ "support@website.info" & @CRLF & _ "jane.doe@emailprovider.org" & @CRLF & _ "contact_us123@example.net" & @CRLF & _ "my.email123@email-provider.co" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "a@ce.ce" & @CRLF & _ "invalid.email@missingtld" & @CRLF & _ "john.doe@invaliddomain.c" & @CRLF & _ "spaces in@email.com" & @CRLF & _ "special!chars@email.com" & @CRLF & _ "noatemail.com" & @CRLF & _ "double..dots@email.com" & @CRLF & _ "@missingusername.com" & @CRLF & _ "user@inva@lid.com" & @CRLF & _ "missingatsigndomain.com" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYFULLMATCH) ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($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