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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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/
/
ix

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?ix)^(https?:\/\/)? # optional scheme" & @CRLF & _ " ((?:[-a-z0-9._~!$&\'()*+,;=]|%[0-9a-f]{2})+ # optional username@," & @CRLF & _ " (?::(?:[-a-z0-9._~!$&\'()*+,;=]|%[0-9a-f]{2})+)?@)? # or username:password@" & @CRLF & _ " (?:((?:(?:\d|[1-9]\d|1\d{2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(?:\d|[1-9]\d|1\d{2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])) # IPv4 address" & @CRLF & _ " |((?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z][a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])) # or dot-separated domain labels" & @CRLF & _ " (:\d+)? # optional port number" & @CRLF & _ " ((?:\/(?:[-a-z0-9._~!$&\'()*+,;=:@]|%[0-9a-f]{2})+)*\/?) # path (possibly empty, may end in /, no double-// allowed)" & @CRLF & _ " (\?(?:[-a-z0-9._~!$&\'()*+,;=:@\/?]|%[0-9a-f]{2})*)? # optional querystring" & @CRLF & _ " (\#(?:[-a-z0-9._~!$&\'()*+,;=:@\/?]|%[0-9a-f]{2})*)?$ # optional fragment" Local $sString = "www.hwholdsworth.com:80/a/b/c?j=k#z" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYFULLMATCH) ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($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