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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

/
/
gmx

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 = "(?mx)(?# This regex was created for the purposes of detecting potentially compromised credentials for the purposes of information security and not to be used for malicious purposes.)" & @CRLF & _ "(?<!\d)" & @CRLF & _ "(?# s - Short [less than 16 digits], m - Medium [16 digits], l - Long [more than 16 digits; not yet implemented])" & @CRLF & _ "(?# First four digits)" & @CRLF & _ "(?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?# Standard 16 digit numbers)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<m>" & @CRLF & _ " (?#MasterCard between 222100-272099)" & @CRLF & _ " 222[1-9]|223\d|2[3-6]\d{2}|27[01]\d|2720|" & @CRLF & _ " (?#JCB is between 3528-3589)" & @CRLF & _ " 352[89]|35[3-8]\d|" & @CRLF & _ " (?#Visa, MasterCard, Discover)" & @CRLF & _ " [4-6]\d{3}" & @CRLF & _ " )|" & @CRLF & _ " (?#American Express 15 digits | Diners Club 14 digits)" & @CRLF & _ " (?<s>(?<ax>3[47]\d{2})|(?<dc>30[0-5]\d|36\d{2}))" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "(?# Rest of the card number)" & @CRLF & _ "(?<del>\D+)?(?(<m>)\d{4}(?(<del>)\k{del})\d{4}(?(<del>)\k{del})\d{4}|(?:\d{6})(?(<del>)\k{del})(?(<ax>)\d{5}|\d{4}))" & @CRLF & _ "(?#END)" & @CRLF & _ "(?!\d)" Local $sString = "# Based on data from https://www.freeformatter.com/credit-card-number-generator-validator.html" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# Currently only works for Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx, JCB, Diners Club and only 16 digits (15 for AmEx, 14 for Diners Club Int'l)" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "# VISA:" & @CRLF & _ "4600259666104540" & @CRLF & _ "4556-1328-5230-3974" & @CRLF & _ "4485733989514555546" & @CRLF & _ "# MasterCard:" & @CRLF & _ "5288718104904007" & @CRLF & _ "5183-2272-0427-5165" & @CRLF & _ "2221001473307772" & @CRLF & _ "# American Express (AMEX):" & @CRLF & _ "379094106835131" & @CRLF & _ "3767-607295-33484" & @CRLF & _ "345614253532917" & @CRLF & _ "# Discover:" & @CRLF & _ "6011277600566135" & @CRLF & _ "6011-7825-5703-7196" & @CRLF & _ "6011621290066569622" & @CRLF & _ "# JCB:" & @CRLF & _ "3542928645179210" & @CRLF & _ "3538837785961400" & @CRLF & _ "3540948375054149466" & @CRLF & _ "# Diners Club - North America:" & @CRLF & _ "5440569380986811" & @CRLF & _ "5500771351399605" & @CRLF & _ "5555244536769443" & @CRLF & _ "# Diners Club - Carte Blanche:" & @CRLF & _ "30360146296936" & @CRLF & _ "30381212693491" & @CRLF & _ "30178078889506" & @CRLF & _ "# Diners Club - International:" & @CRLF & _ "36760821695498" & @CRLF & _ "36861772048826" & @CRLF & _ "36442207191455" & @CRLF & _ "# Maestro:" & @CRLF & _ "6759789245430267" & @CRLF & _ "5893000324731008" & @CRLF & _ "5038101669768864" & @CRLF & _ "# Visa Electron:" & @CRLF & _ "4026108950062250" & @CRLF & _ "4913708902962931" & @CRLF & _ "4844361267840716" & @CRLF & _ "# InstaPayment:" & @CRLF & _ "6370603085892230" & @CRLF & _ "6390038329060763" & @CRLF & _ "6395957073920994" 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