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  • Common Tokens
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  • Character Classes
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  • Substitution
  • 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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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)(?<!SQ\d{0}|\d|\d{2})(51\d{14}|52\d{14}|53\d{14}|54\d{14}|55\d{14}|36\d{12}|34\d{13}|37\d{13}|4\d{15}|4\d{12}|\d{4}(-|\s)\d{4}(-|\s)\d{4}(-|\s)\d{4}|\d{3}(-|\s)\d{3}(-|\s)\d{3}(-|\s)\d{3}(-|\s)\d{3}|\d{4}(-|\s)\d{6}(-\s)\d{5}|6\d{15})" Local $sString = "<Payment>" & @CRLF & _ " <PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="41111111111111114222222222222"/>" & @CRLF & _ "</Payment>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2022-04" number="4005-5511-2233-4450"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<Payment>" & @CRLF & _ "Space" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2022-04" number="4005 5511 2233 4450"/>" & @CRLF & _ "Tab space" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2022-04" number="4005 551122334450"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2022-04" number="4005 5511 2233 4450"/>" & @CRLF & _ "new line" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2022-04" number="4005400540054005"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2022-04" number="4005 5511 2233 4450"/>" & @CRLF & _ "carriage return" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2022-04" number="4005 5511 2233 4450"/>" & @CRLF & _ "</Payment>" & @CRLF & _ "combination of" & @CRLF & _ "<Payment>" & @CRLF & _ " <PCard expiration="2022-04" number="4005- 5511 -2233-4450"/>" & @CRLF & _ "</Payment>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="4255726800010"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="@#@@@$@4255726800010"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="SQ#4255726800010"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="45a$4255726800010"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="12SQ%4255726800010"/>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="4255726800010@121212"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="4255726800010#SQ"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="4255726800010$a54"/>" & @CRLF & _ "<PCard expiration="2061-04-00" name="Grainger AB" number="4255726800010%SQ12"/>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<SupplierPartID>4222222222222</SupplierPartID>" & @CRLF & _ "<SupplierPartID> 4222222222222</SupplierPartID>" & @CRLF & _ "<SupplierPartID>SQ4222222222222</SupplierPartID> " & @CRLF & _ "<SupplierPartID>SQ134222222222222</SupplierPartID> " & @CRLF & _ "<SupplierPartAuxiliaryID>WWGSQ134256726800010</SupplierPartAuxiliaryID>" & @CRLF & _ "" 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