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  • A single character of: a, b or c
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    [^abc]
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    [^a-z]
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    a|b
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    a*
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    a+
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    a{3}
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    a{3,}
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    a{3,6}
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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)^(?!(?!0* 0* 0*|0*+(?=(\d*?)((?:(?=\d+ 0*+(\d*?)(\d(?(4)\4)) 0*(\d*?)(\d\6?+)$)\d)+) )(?=(?(?!\1(?:(?=\d+ 0*\3((\7?+)\d))(?=\d(\d* 0*\3\8))(?=0\9[9]|1\9[8]|2\9[7]|3\9[6]|4\9[5]|5\9[4]|6\9[3]|7\9[2]|8\9[1]|9\9[0])\d)*+(?=\d(\d* 0*\3\8?+))(?=[5-9]\10[5-9]|1\10[9]|2\10[89]|3\10[7-9]|4\10[6-9]|6\10[4]|7\10[34]|8\10[2-4]|9\10[1-4]))(?=\d+ \d+ 0*\1\3\6$)|(?(?!.*+\3)\d+ )(?=\d*(\2|\4)( .*?0*+)\d+$)(?(?=9*\11 )(?:9(?=\d*\12[1](\13?+0)))*(?=\11 )\11\12[1]\13?+\6$|(?:(\d)(?=\d*\12(\15?+\14)))*(?=\d(\d*\12\15?+))(?=0\16[1]|1\16[2]|2\16[3]|3\16[4]|4\16[5]|5\16[6]|6\16[7]|7\16[8]|8\16[9])\d(?:9(?=\d*\12\15?+\d(\17?+0)))*?\11\s)))\1(?:(?=(\d)\d* 0*+\3((\19?+)\d)\d* 0*+\5((\21?+)\d))(?=\d(\d* 0*+\3\20)\d(\d* 0*+\5\22))(?(?!\18(?:(?=\d+ 0*+\3\19((\25?+)\d))(?=\d(\d* 0*+\3\19\26))(?=0\27[9]|1\27[8]|2\27[7]|3\27[6]|4\27[5]|5\27[4]|6\27[3]|7\27[2]|8\27[1]|9\27[0])\d)*+(?=\d(\d* 0*+\3\19\26?+))(?=[5-9]\28[5-9]|1\28[9]|2\28[89]|3\28[7-9]|4\28[6-9]|6\28[4]|7\28[34]|8\28[2-4]|9\28[1-4]))(?=1\23(?:1\24[2]|2\24[3]|3\24[4]|4\24[5]|5\24[6]|6\24[7]|7\24[8]|8\24[9]|9\24[0])|2\23(?:1\24[3]|2\24[4]|3\24[5]|4\24[6]|5\24[7]|6\24[8]|7\24[9]|8\24[0]|9\24[1])|3\23(?:1\24[4]|2\24[5]|3\24[6]|4\24[7]|5\24[8]|6\24[9]|7\24[0]|8\24[1]|9\24[2])|4\23(?:1\24[5]|2\24[6]|3\24[7]|4\24[8]|5\24[9]|6\24[0]|7\24[1]|8\24[2]|9\24[3])|5\23(?:1\24[6]|2\24[7]|3\24[8]|4\24[9]|5\24[0]|6\24[1]|7\24[2]|8\24[3]|9\24[4])|6\23(?:1\24[7]|2\24[8]|3\24[9]|4\24[0]|5\24[1]|6\24[2]|7\24[3]|8\24[4]|9\24[5])|7\23(?:1\24[8]|2\24[9]|3\24[0]|4\24[1]|5\24[2]|6\24[3]|7\24[4]|8\24[5]|9\24[6])|8\23(?:1\24[9]|2\24[0]|3\24[1]|4\24[2]|5\24[3]|6\24[4]|7\24[5]|8\24[6]|9\24[7])|9\23(?:1\24[0]|2\24[1]|3\24[2]|4\24[3]|5\24[4]|6\24[5]|7\24[6]|8\24[7]|9\24[8])|0\23(\d)\24\29|(\d)\23[0]\24\30)|(?=1\23(?:0\24[2]|1\24[3]|2\24[4]|3\24[5]|4\24[6]|5\24[7]|6\24[8]|7\24[9]|8\24[0]|9\24[1])|2\23(?:0\24[3]|1\24[4]|2\24[5]|3\24[6]|4\24[7]|5\24[8]|6\24[9]|7\24[0]|8\24[1]|9\24[2])|3\23(?:0\24[4]|1\24[5]|2\24[6]|3\24[7]|4\24[8]|5\24[9]|6\24[0]|7\24[1]|8\24[2]|9\24[3])|4\23(?:0\24[5]|1\24[6]|2\24[7]|3\24[8]|4\24[9]|5\24[0]|6\24[1]|7\24[2]|8\24[3]|9\24[4])|5\23(?:0\24[6]|1\24[7]|2\24[8]|3\24[9]|4\24[0]|5\24[1]|6\24[2]|7\24[3]|8\24[4]|9\24[5])|6\23(?:0\24[7]|1\24[8]|2\24[9]|3\24[0]|4\24[1]|5\24[2]|6\24[3]|7\24[4]|8\24[5]|9\24[6])|7\23(?:0\24[8]|1\24[9]|2\24[0]|3\24[1]|4\24[2]|5\24[3]|6\24[4]|7\24[5]|8\24[6]|9\24[7])|8\23(?:0\24[9]|1\24[0]|2\24[1]|3\24[2]|4\24[3]|5\24[4]|6\24[5]|7\24[6]|8\24[7]|9\24[8])|9\23(?:0\24[0]|1\24[1]|2\24[2]|3\24[3]|4\24[4]|5\24[5]|6\24[6]|7\24[7]|8\24[8]|9\24[9])|0\23(?:0\24[1]|1\24[2]|2\24[3]|3\24[4]|4\24[5]|5\24[6]|6\24[7]|7\24[8]|8\24[9]|9\24[0])))\d)+\s)).+" Local $sString = "0 1 2" & @CRLF & _ "10 20 1000" & @CRLF & _ "10 20 30" & @CRLF & _ "28657 46368 75025" & @CRLF & _ "0 0 0" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "8235 49 8284" & @CRLF & _ "4 145 149" & @CRLF & _ "4705 485 5191" & @CRLF & _ "821 75 897" & @CRLF & _ "74 497 572" & @CRLF & _ "1917 27 1944" & @CRLF & _ "89124 3 89128" & @CRLF & _ "6858 8669 15527" & @CRLF & _ "84916 4 84921" & @CRLF & _ "935 63 999" & @CRLF & _ "1 9 11" & @CRLF & _ "7203 26154 33358" & @CRLF & _ "2 765 767" & @CRLF & _ "267 8031 8298" & @CRLF & _ "2062 188 2251" & @CRLF & _ "38 7869 7907" & @CRLF & _ "59 85041 85101" & @CRLF & _ "705 220 926" & @CRLF & _ "71982 2346 74328" & @CRLF & _ "9 1 11" & @CRLF & _ "3 8117 8120" & @CRLF & _ "720 208 928" & @CRLF & _ "4 83 88" & @CRLF & _ "109 21854 21964" & @CRLF & _ "35019 44355 79375" & @CRLF & _ "7 9 17" & @CRLF & _ "2126 752 2879" & @CRLF & _ "2268 53 2321" & @CRLF & _ "9 37717 37726" & @CRLF & _ "5 949 954" 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