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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 = "<isbn:>\s+([\d-]+)" Local $sString = "var response=[];//ютф8" & @CRLF & _ "var _iddb="1";" & @CRLF & _ "var _basequant="2391872";" & @CRLF & _ "var _flag45="yes";" & @CRLF & _ "response[0]= {" & @CRLF & _ " _size: "1"," & @CRLF & _ " _result_0: {" & @CRLF & _ " _isn: "1606361"," & @CRLF & _ " _id: "SKBM-SZAO-RU/CBS_SZAO/IBIS/117439"," & @CRLF & _ " _level: "Full"," & @CRLF & _ " _iddb: "1"," & @CRLF & _ " _sourceIddb: "1"," & @CRLF & _ " _archive: "false"," & @CRLF & _ " _controlType: "UNDEFINE"," & @CRLF & _ " _status: "NEW"," & @CRLF & _ " _FULLFORM_0: [" & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Автор:&gt;[i class=RP]Кононов, Николай[/i]"," & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Основное заглавие:&gt; Код Дурова"," & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Сведения, относящ. к заглавию:&gt; реальная история ВКонтакте и ее создателя"," & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Ответственность:&gt; Н. Кононов"," & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Место издания:&gt; Москва"," & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Издательство:&gt; [i class=PU]Манн, Иванов и Фербер[/i]"," & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Дата издания:&gt; 2013"," & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Объем:&gt; 188, [19] с."," & @CRLF & _ ""&lt;Аннотация:&gt;Павел Дуров почти не общается с журналистами, но автору этой книги удалось проникнуть внутрь ВКонтакте. Получилось не просто журналистское расследование, а авантюрная история, исследующая феномен сетевого предпринимателя-харизматика и его детища, а заодно и вполне материальное выражение популярности бизнеса соцсети."," & @CRLF & _ ""<isbn:> 978-5-91657-546-0"," & @CRLF & _ """" & @CRLF & _ " ]" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " _iddb_0: {" & @CRLF & _ " _number: "1"," & @CRLF & _ " _title: "Сводный каталог"" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " };" & @CRLF & _ "var test=1;//ютф8" & @CRLF & _ "</isbn:>" 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