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  • A single character of: a, b or c
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#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of MsgBox Local $sRegex = "(?s).*?<li.*?<a href="(\/release[^"]+)">([^<]+)<\/a>.*?<\/li>" Local $sString = " <li class="bucket-item ec-item horz-release" data-ec-position="87"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-type="product"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-name="Perfect Storm"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-creative="Label - Releases"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-brand="Interplay Global"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-category="Releases"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-list="Label - Releases"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-price="1.29"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-d1="David Deere, Brandon Mignacca">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-artwork-parent">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/release/perfect-storm/3265557">" & @CRLF & _ " <img class="horz-release-artwork lazy-load" src="https://geo-pro.beatport.com/static/60b2f914842e8b09024754e8a6493b36.png" data-src="https://geo-media.beatport.com/image_size/250x250/cd9e7e36-d598-45c2-a05c-d2e286a0bcb1.jpg" />" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-meta-parent">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-meta">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <p class="buk-horz-release-title"><a href="/release/perfect-storm/3265557">Perfect Storm</a></p>" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="buk-horz-release-artists">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/artist/david-deere/31534" data-artist="31534">David Deere</a>, " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/artist/brandon-mignacca/523042" data-artist="523042">Brandon Mignacca</a>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </p>" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="buk-horz-release-labels">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/label/interplay-global/93385" data-label="93385">Interplay Global</a></p>" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="buk-horz-release-released">2021-02-12</p>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-actions-parent">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-actions">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-play-queue">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <button class="playable-play" data-type="release" data-id="3265557" data-track="14824920">" & @CRLF & _ " <svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" class="play-icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <use xlink:href="/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-play"></use>" & @CRLF & _ " </svg>" & @CRLF & _ " </button>" & @CRLF & _ " <button class="playable-queue tooltip-secondary" data-type="release" data-id="3265557" data-track="14824920">" & @CRLF & _ " <svg viewBox="0 0 16 11" class="queue-icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <use xlink:href="/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-add-queue"></use>" & @CRLF & _ " </svg>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="tooltiptext">Add to queue</span>" & @CRLF & _ " </button>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <div class="buy-button horz-release-buy-button " & @CRLF & _ "" data-release="3265557" data-price="$1.29" >" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <button class="add-to-default">$1.29</button>" & @CRLF & _ " <button class="launch-menu">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="launch-menu-icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" class="icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <use xlink:href="/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-chevron-down"></use>" & @CRLF & _ " </svg>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="loading-menu-icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="icon"></div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </button>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="#" class="icon icon-ellipsis horz-release-ellipsis mobile-action"></a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <li class="bucket-item ec-item horz-release" data-ec-position="88"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-type="product"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-name="Glasshouse"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-creative="Label - Releases"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-brand="Interplay Global"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-category="Releases"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-list="Label - Releases"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-price="1.29"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-variant="album"" & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-id="3265543"" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " data-ec-d1="Hiski, Milad E">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-artwork-parent">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/release/glasshouse/3265543">" & @CRLF & _ " <img class="horz-release-artwork lazy-load" src="https://geo-pro.beatport.com/static/60b2f914842e8b09024754e8a6493b36.png" data-src="https://geo-media.beatport.com/image_size/250x250/d45916cd-e96a-4669-9cd1-d71b28c21258.jpg" />" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-meta-parent">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-meta">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <p class="buk-horz-release-title"><a href="/release/glasshouse/3265543">Glasshouse</a></p>" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="buk-horz-release-artists">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/artist/hiski/574515" data-artist="574515">Hiski</a>, " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/artist/milad-e/581122" data-artist="581122">Milad E</a>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </p>" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="buk-horz-release-labels">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/label/interplay-global/93385" data-label="93385">Interplay Global</a></p>" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="buk-horz-release-released">2021-02-05</p>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-actions-parent">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-actions">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="horz-release-play-queue">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <button class="playable-play" data-type="release" data-id="3265543" data-track="14824888">" & @CRLF & _ " <svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" class="play-icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <use xlink:href="/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-play"></use>" & @CRLF & _ " </svg>" & @CRLF & _ " </button>" & @CRLF & _ " <button class="playable-queue tooltip-secondary" data-type="release" data-id="3265543" data-track="14824888">" & @CRLF & _ " <svg viewBox="0 0 16 11" class="queue-icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <use xlink:href="/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-add-queue"></use>" & @CRLF & _ " </svg>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="tooltiptext">Add to queue</span>" & @CRLF & _ " </button>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <div class="buy-button horz-release-buy-button " & @CRLF & _ "" data-release="3265543" data-price="$1.29" >" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <button class="add-to-default">$1.29</button>" & @CRLF & _ " <button class="launch-menu">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="launch-menu-icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" class="icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <use xlink:href="/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-chevron-down"></use>" & @CRLF & _ " </svg>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="loading-menu-icon">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="icon"></div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </button>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="#" class="icon icon-ellipsis horz-release-ellipsis mobile-action"></a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" Local $sSubst = "$2 https://www.beatport.com$1\n" 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