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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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Test String

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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 $sRegex = "(?m)^(?=.*(\.((?![^\.]$)[^\.]*)$)|.*@(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)$))(?=^.{6,320}$)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝŸÆŒ!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝŸÆŒ!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*|"(?:[\xE1\xE0\xE2\xE4\xE3\xE5\xE7\xE9\xE8\xEA\xEB\xED\xEC\xEE\xEF\xF1\xF3\xF2\xF4\xF6\xF5\xFA\xF9\xFB\xFC\xFD\xFF\xE6\xC1\xC0\xC2\xC4\xC3\xC5\xC7\xC9\xC8\xCA\xCB\xCD\xCC\xCE\xCF\xD1\xD3\xD2\xD4\xD6\xD5\xDA\xD9\xDB\xDC\xDD\xC6\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7f\s]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])*")(?:(?=@(?:[0-9]{1,3}.){3}[0-9]{1,3})@(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))$|(?!@(?:[0-9]{1,3}.){4,}$)@(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝŸÆŒ](?:[a-zA-Z0-9áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝŸÆŒ-]*[a-zA-Z0-9áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝŸÆŒ])?\.)+[a-zA-Z0-9áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝŸÆŒ](?:[a-zA-Z0-9áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝŸÆŒ-]*[a-zA-Z0-9áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝŸÆŒ])?)$)" Local $sString = "jeu de test invalides" & @CRLF & _ "-----------" & @CRLF & _ "a@123.123.123.123.123" & @CRLF & _ "a@123.123.123.123.5" & @CRLF & _ "a@222.333.666.888" & @CRLF & _ "a@322.111.222.001" & @CRLF & _ "a@29.99.352.001" & @CRLF & _ "a@124.124.14..124" & @CRLF & _ "a@a.f" & @CRLF & _ "a@.fr" & @CRLF & _ "adresse.de.321.caracteres@bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa@bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb.cccccccccc" & @CRLF & _ ".bds@finances.gouv.fr.edu.com" & @CRLF & _ "bds.@finances.gouv.fr.edu.com" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "jeu de test valides" & @CRLF & _ "-----------" & @CRLF & _ "a@222.111.11.2.tutu.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@222.111.11.333.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@222.111.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@22d2.11d1.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@29.99.252.001" & @CRLF & _ "a@022.111.222.001" & @CRLF & _ "a@124.124.124.124" & @CRLF & _ "a@111.111.111.111" & @CRLF & _ "a@222.5.22.001" & @CRLF & _ "této@194.168.12.5" & @CRLF & _ "abc@a.b.c.azertyuiop" & @CRLF & _ "a@b.fr" & @CRLF & _ ""Abc@def"@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "def@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "a@b.com" & @CRLF & _ "abc@b.fr" & @CRLF & _ "abc@a.b.c.fr" & @CRLF & _ "abc@a.b.c.azertyuiop" & @CRLF & _ "a@b.fr" & @CRLF & _ "baltazar.da-silva@douane.finances.gouv.fr" & @CRLF & _ "toto@titi.fr" & @CRLF & _ "tôto@tïtié.fr" & @CRLF & _ ""tôto"@tïtié.fr" & @CRLF & _ ""áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæÁÀÂÄÃÅÇÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÑÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜÝÆ"@titiéà.fr" & @CRLF & _ ""této"@titiéà.fr" & @CRLF & _ ""tàto"@titiéà.fr" & @CRLF & _ ""t to"@titiéà.fr" & @CRLF & _ "této@titiéà.fr" & @CRLF & _ "této@194.168.12.5" & @CRLF & _ "customer/department=shipping@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "$A12345@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "!def!xyz%abc@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "_somename@example.com" & @CRLF & _ "Loïc.Accentué@voilà.fr3" 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")

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