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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

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?x)\[ (?# match [ literally)" & @CRLF & _ "( (?# start capture group)" & @CRLF & _ " http (?# match http literally)" & @CRLF & _ " \S+ (?# match 1+ non-whitespace characters)" & @CRLF & _ ") (?# end capture group)" & @CRLF & _ "\s+ (?# match 1+ whitespace characters)" & @CRLF & _ "( (?# start capture group)" & @CRLF & _ " [^\]]+ (?# match 1+ non-] characters)" & @CRLF & _ ") (?# end capture group)" & @CRLF & _ "\] (?# match ] literally)" & @CRLF & _ "(?: (?# start non-capturing group)" & @CRLF & _ " \s+ (?# match 1+ whitespace characters)" & @CRLF & _ " from (?# match from literally)" & @CRLF & _ " (?: (?# start non-capturing group)" & @CRLF & _ " \s+ (?# match 1+ whitespace characters)" & @CRLF & _ " the (?# match the literally)" & @CRLF & _ " )? (?# end optional non-capturing group)" & @CRLF & _ " \s+ (?# match 1+ whitespace characters)" & @CRLF & _ " \[\[ (?# match [[ literally)" & @CRLF & _ " ( (?# start capturing group)" & @CRLF & _ " .*? (?# lazily match 0+ characters)" & @CRLF & _ " ) (?# end capturing group)" & @CRLF & _ " \]\] (?# match ]] literally)" & @CRLF & _ ")? (?# end optional non-caputring group)" Local $sString = "{{Wikibooks|Wikijunior:Countries A-Z|France}} {{Sister project links|France}} * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17298730 France] from the [[BBC News]] * [http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/france.htm France] at ''UCB Libraries GovPubs'' *{{dmoz|Regional/Europe/France}} * [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/215768/France France] ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' entry * [http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/member-countries/france/index_en.htm France] at the [[European Union|EU]] *{{Wikiatlas|France}} *{{osmrelation-inline|1403916}} * [http://www.ifs.du.edu/ifs/frm_CountryProfile.aspx?Country=FR Key Development Forecasts for France] from [[International Futures]] ;Economy *{{INSEE|National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies}} * [http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=14594 OECD France statistics]" 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