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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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r"
"
gm

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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)(84)2(38|7|96|54|09|04|91|16|06|75|15|18|7|9|3|56|5|71|74|90|14|9|13|36|6|61|8|63|51|77|0|69|19|73|97|93|4|6|39|5|8|37|59|34|1|60|1|05|70|35|55|08|03|59|76|10|57|11|07|33|99|94)(\d{7,8})" Local $sString = "842926263007" & @CRLF & _ "842866598888" & @CRLF & _ "842072214668" & @CRLF & _ "842586504076" & @CRLF & _ "842736588235" & @CRLF & _ "842286544037" & @CRLF & _ "842466577226" & @CRLF & _ "842866739846" & @CRLF & _ "842156516668" & @CRLF & _ "842222210948" & @CRLF & _ "842106286816" & @CRLF & _ "842626338697" & @CRLF & _ "842086567555" & @CRLF & _ "842066562953" & @CRLF & _ "842606502439" & @CRLF & _ "842746294040" & @CRLF & _ "842462538003" & @CRLF & _ "842396542070" & @CRLF & _ "842422456111" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @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