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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
No Match

r"
"
gm

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)\b(?:DE|AT)(?:\s?[0-9a-zA-Z]){18}(?:(?:\s?[0-9a-zA-Z]){2})?\b" Local $sString = "################## Germany IBAN ##################" & @CRLF & _ "DE89 3704 0044 0532 0130 00" & @CRLF & _ "DE59290501010001149590" & @CRLF & _ "DE62500105179628448387" & @CRLF & _ "DE55500105172374652131" & @CRLF & _ "DE50500105176152274153" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "DE 0712 3412 3412 3412 3412" & @CRLF & _ "DE07 1234 1234 1234 1234 12" & @CRLF & _ "DE07 1234 1234 1234 123412" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Mashine friendly DE07123412341234123412 style" & @CRLF & _ "This format DE07 1234 1234 1234 1234 12 is given by DIN" & @CRLF & _ "Human DE07 1234 1234 1234 123412 readable" & @CRLF & _ "Not good DE07 12341234 1234123412 readable" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "################## Austrian IBAN ##################" & @CRLF & _ "AT61 1904 3002 3457 3201" & @CRLF & _ "AT59290501010001149590" & @CRLF & _ "AT62500105179628448387" & @CRLF & _ "AT55500105172374652131" & @CRLF & _ "AT50500105176152274153" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "AT 0712 3412 3412 3412 3412" & @CRLF & _ "AT07 1234 1234 1234 1234 12" & @CRLF & _ "AT07 1234 1234 1234 123412" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Mashine friendly AT07123412341234123412 style" & @CRLF & _ "This format AT07 1234 1234 1234 1234 12 is given by DIN" & @CRLF & _ "Human AT07 1234 1234 1234 123412 readable" & @CRLF & _ "Not good AT07 12341234 1234123412 readable" & @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