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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
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#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?i)(<head\b[^<>]*>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/head>)" Local $sString = "<html>" & @CRLF & _ " <head>" & @CRLF & _ " <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />" & @CRLF & _ " <title>E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly</title>" & @CRLF & _ "<style>body" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " margin: 5px 50px 40px 50px;" & @CRLF & _ " color: #000000;" & @CRLF & _ " font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" & @CRLF & _ " font-size: 90%;" & @CRLF & _ " line-height: 20px;" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "</style>" & @CRLF & _ "</head> " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <BR><BR> " & @CRLF & _ " <CENTER>" & @CRLF & _ " <H2>SECOND DIVISION</H2>" & @CRLF & _ " <H2 style='background-color:#cccccc;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;'>[ G.R. No. 180416, June 02, 2014 ]</H2>" & @CRLF & _ " <H3>ADERITO Z. YUJUICO AND BONIFACIO C. SUMBILLA, PETITIONERS, VS. CEZAR T. QUIAMBAO AND ERIC C. PILAPIL, RESPONDENTS.<BR><BR>D E C I S I O N</H3>" & @CRLF & _ " </CENTER>" & @CRLF & _ " <p><STRONG>PEREZ, J.:</STRONG></p>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <p><div align="JUSTIFY">This case is a Petition for Review on <i>Certiorari</i><sup style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">[1]</sup> from the <i>Order</i><sup style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">[2]</sup> dated 4 June 2007 and 5 November 2007 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 154, of Pasig City in S.C.A. No. 3047.<br><br>The facts:<br><br><center><i><u>Backgrou" & @CRLF & _ "</html>" Local $sSubst = "$1foo$3" Local $sResult = StringRegExpReplace($sString, $sRegex, $sSubst) MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Result", $sResult)

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