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gmx

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?mx)(?(DEFINE)" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Definitions )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_nameChars>[\p{L}\p{Nl}])" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_nonNameChars>[^\p{L}\p{Nl}\p{Zs}])" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_startFirstName>(?![a-z])[\p{L}'])" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_upperChar>(?![a-z])\p{L})" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_nameSeparatorsSoft>[\p{Pd}'])" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_nameSeparatorsHard>\p{Zs})" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_nameSeparators>(?&valid_nameSeparatorsSoft)|(?&valid_nameSeparatorsHard))" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Invalid combinations )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<invalid_startChar>^[\p{Zs}a-z])" & @CRLF & _ " (?<invalid_endChar>.*[^\p{L}\p{Nl}.\p{C}]$)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<invalid_unaccompaniedSymbol>.*(?&valid_nameSeparatorsHard)(?&valid_nonNameChars)(?&valid_nameSeparatorsHard))" & @CRLF & _ " (?<invalid_overTwoUpper>(?:(?&valid_nameChars)*\p{Lu}){3})" & @CRLF & _ " (?<invalid>(?&invalid_startChar)|(?&invalid_endChar)|(?&invalid_unaccompaniedSymbol)|(?&invalid_overTwoUpper))" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Valid combinations )" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_name>(?:(?:(?&valid_nameChars)|(?&valid_nameSeparatorsSoft))*(?&valid_nameChars)+(?:(?&valid_nameChars)|(?&valid_nameSeparatorsSoft))*)+\.?)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_firstName>(?&valid_startFirstName)(?:\.|(?&valid_name)*))" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid_multipleName>(?&valid_firstName)(?=.*(?&valid_nameSeparators)(?&valid_upperChar))(?:(?&valid_nameSeparatorsHard)(?&valid_name))+)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<valid>(?&valid_multipleName)|(?&valid_firstName))" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "^(?!(?&invalid))(?&valid)$" Local $sString = "== 1NcOrrect N4M3S ==" & @CRLF & _ "CAPITAL LETTER" & @CRLF & _ "AlTeRnAtE LeTtEr" & @CRLF & _ "Natalia maria" & @CRLF & _ "Natalia aria" & @CRLF & _ "Natalia orea" & @CRLF & _ "Maria dornelas" & @CRLF & _ "Samuel eto'" & @CRLF & _ "Miguel lasagna" & @CRLF & _ "Antony1 de Home Ap*ril" & @CRLF & _ "Ap*ril Willians" & @CRLF & _ "Antony_ de Home Apr+il" & @CRLF & _ "Ant_ony de Home Apr#il" & @CRLF & _ "Antony@ de Ho@me Apr^il" & @CRLF & _ "Maria Silva" & @CRLF & _ "Maria silva" & @CRLF & _ "maria Silva" & @CRLF & _ " Maria Silva" & @CRLF & _ "Maria Silva " & @CRLF & _ "Maria / Silva" & @CRLF & _ "Maria . Silva" & @CRLF & _ "John W8" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "==Correct Names==" & @CRLF & _ "Urxan Əbűlhəsənzadə" & @CRLF & _ "İsmət Jafarov" & @CRLF & _ "Şükür Hagverdiyev" & @CRLF & _ "Űmid Abdurrahimov" & @CRLF & _ "Ġerardo Seralta" & @CRLF & _ "Ċikku Paris" & @CRLF & _ "Hind ibn Sheik" & @CRLF & _ "Colop-U-Uichikin" & @CRLF & _ "Lażżru Role" & @CRLF & _ "Alaksiej Taraškievič" & @CRLF & _ "Petruso Husoǔski" & @CRLF & _ "Sumu-la-El" & @CRLF & _ "Valeh ßlÿsgÿroğlu" & @CRLF & _ "'Arab al-Rashayida" & @CRLF & _ "Tariq al-Hashimi" & @CRLF & _ "Nabeeh el-Mady" & @CRLF & _ "Tariq Al-Hashimi" & @CRLF & _ "Brian O'Conner" & @CRLF & _ "Maria da Silva" & @CRLF & _ "Maria Silva" & @CRLF & _ "Maria G. Silva" & @CRLF & _ "Maria McDuffy" & @CRLF & _ "Getúlio Dornelles Vargas" & @CRLF & _ "Maria das Flores" & @CRLF & _ "John Smith" & @CRLF & _ "John D'Largy" & @CRLF & _ "John Doe-Smith" & @CRLF & _ "John Doe Smith" & @CRLF & _ "Hector Sausage-Hausen" & @CRLF & _ "Mathias d'Arras" & @CRLF & _ "Martin Luther King Jr." & @CRLF & _ "Ai Wong" & @CRLF & _ "Chao Chang" & @CRLF & _ "Alzbeta Bara" & @CRLF & _ "Marcos Assunção" & @CRLF & _ "Maria da Silva e Silva" & @CRLF & _ "Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira" & @CRLF & _ "Maria da Costa e Silva" & @CRLF & _ "Samuel Eto'o" & @CRLF & _ "María Antonieta de las Nieves" & @CRLF & _ "Eugène" & @CRLF & _ "Antòny de Homé April" & @CRLF & _ "àntony de Home ùpril" & @CRLF & _ "Antony de Home Aprìl" & @CRLF & _ "Pierre de l'Estache" & @CRLF & _ "Pierre de L'Estoile" & @CRLF & _ "Akihito" & @CRLF & _ "Nadine Schröder" & @CRLF & _ "Anna A. Møller" & @CRLF & _ "D. Pedro I" & @CRLF & _ "Pope Benedict XVI" & @CRLF & _ "Marsibil Ragnarsdóttir" & @CRLF & _ "Natanaël Morel" & @CRLF & _ "Isaac De la Croix" & @CRLF & _ "Jean-Michel Bozonnet" & @CRLF & _ "Qutaibah Mu'tazz Abadi" & @CRLF & _ "Rushd Jawna' Kassab" & @CRLF & _ "Khaldun Abdul-Qahhar Sabbag" & @CRLF & _ "'Awad Bashshar Asker" & @CRLF & _ "Al B. Zellweger" & @CRLF & _ "Gunnleif Snæ-Ulfsson" & @CRLF & _ "Käre Toresson" & @CRLF & _ "Sorli Ærnmundsson" & @CRLF & _ "Arnkel Øystæinsson" & @CRLF & _ "Ástríður Dórey" & @CRLF & _ "Åsmund Kåresson" & @CRLF & _ "Yahatti-Il" & @CRLF & _ "Ipqu-Annunitum" & @CRLF & _ "Nabu-zar-adan" & @CRLF & _ "Eskopas Cañaverri" & @CRLF & _ "Botolph of Langchester" & @CRLF & _ "Aelfhun the Cantrell" & @CRLF & _ "Fraco di Natale" & @CRLF & _ "Fraco Di Natale" & @CRLF & _ "Iván de Luca" & @CRLF & _ "Iván De Luca" & @CRLF & _ "Man'nah" & @CRLF & _ "Atabala Aüamusalü" & @CRLF & _ "Ramiz Ağasəfalu" & @CRLF & _ "Dadaş Aghakhanov" & @CRLF & _ "Fÿrxad Mübarizlı" & @CRLF & _ "Vaclaǔ Šupa" & @CRLF & _ "Yakiv Volacič" & @CRLF & _ "Flor Van Vaerenbergh" & @CRLF & _ "Flor van Vaerenbergh" & @CRLF & _ "Edwin van der Sar" & @CRLF & _ "Husein Ekmečić" & @CRLF & _ "Álvaro Guimarães Alencar" & @CRLF & _ "Phone U Yaza Arkar" & @CRLF & _ "Seocan MacGhille" & @CRLF & _ "X'wat'e Tlekadugovy" & @CRLF & _ "Albert-Jan Bootsveld" & @CRLF & _ "Maurits-jan Kuipers op den Kollenstaart" & @CRLF & _ "Elco ter Hoek" & @CRLF & _ "Robbert te Poele" & @CRLF & _ "Aad ten Have" & @CRLF & _ "'Ehu Kali" & @CRLF & _ "Ho'opa'a Loni" & @CRLF & _ "Aukanai'i Mahi'ai" & @CRLF & _ "Kalman ben Tal El" & @CRLF & _ "Żytomir Roszkowski" & @CRLF & _ "K'awai" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "==EXTRA== only if possible, strange ones" & @CRLF & _ "Maol-Moire Mac'IlleBhuidh" & @CRLF & _ "Tòmas MacIlleChruim" & @CRLF & _ "Aindreas MacIllEathain" & @CRLF & _ "Eanruig MacGilleBhreac" & @CRLF & _ "Peadar MacGilleDhonaghart" & @CRLF & _ "Maolmhuire MacGill-Eain" & @CRLF & _ "Eanruig MacGilleBhreac" & @CRLF & _ "Wim van 't Plasman" 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