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  • A single character of: a, b or c
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    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
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    a*
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    a{3}
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    a{3,}
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    a{3,6}
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Regular Expression

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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 $sRegex = "(?m)^(?:((?:IT|SM)\d{2}[A-Z]{1}\d{22})|(NL\d{2}[A-Z]{4}\d{10})|(LV\d{2}[A-Z]{4}\d{13})|((?:BG|GB|IE)\d{2}[A-Z]{4}\d{14})|(GI\d{2}[A-Z]{4}\d{15})|(RO\d{2}[A-Z]{4}\d{16})|(MT\d{2}[A-Z]{4}\d{23})|(NO\d{13})|((?:DK|FI)\d{16})|((?:SI)\d{17})|((?:AT|EE|LU|LT)\d{18})|((?:HR|LI|CH)\d{19})|((?:DE|VA)\d{20})|((?:AD|CZ|ES|MD|SK|SE)\d{22})|(PT\d{23})|((?:IS)\d{24})|((?:BE)\d{14})|((?:FR|MC|GR)\d{25})|((?:PL|HU|CY)\d{26}))$" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sString = "AD1400080001001234567890" & @CRLF & _ "AT483200000012345864" & @CRLF & _ "BE71096123456769" & @CRLF & _ "BG18RZBB91550123456789" & @CRLF & _ "HR1723600001101234565" & @CRLF & _ "CY21002001950000357001234567" & @CRLF & _ "CZ5508000000001234567899" & @CRLF & _ "DK9520000123456789" & @CRLF & _ "EE471000001020145685" & @CRLF & _ "FI1410093000123458" & @CRLF & _ "FR7630006000011234567890189" & @CRLF & _ "DE75512108001245126199" & @CRLF & _ "GI04BARC000001234567890" & @CRLF & _ "GR9608100010000001234567890" & @CRLF & _ "HU93116000060000000012345676" & @CRLF & _ "IS750001121234563108962099" & @CRLF & _ "IE64IRCE92050112345678" & @CRLF & _ "IT60X0542811101000000123456" & @CRLF & _ "LV97HABA0012345678910" & @CRLF & _ "LI7408806123456789012" & @CRLF & _ "LT601010012345678901" & @CRLF & _ "LU120010001234567891" & @CRLF & _ "MT31MALT01100000000000000000123" & @CRLF & _ "MC5810096180790123456789085" & @CRLF & _ "NL02ABNA0123456789" & @CRLF & _ "NO8330001234567" & @CRLF & _ "PL10105000997603123456789123" & @CRLF & _ "PT50002700000001234567833" & @CRLF & _ "RO09BCYP0000001234567890" & @CRLF & _ "SM76P0854009812123456789123" & @CRLF & _ "SK8975000000000012345671" & @CRLF & _ "SI56192001234567892" & @CRLF & _ "ES7921000813610123456789" & @CRLF & _ "SE7280000810340009783242" & @CRLF & _ "CH5604835012345678009" & @CRLF & _ "GB33BUKB20201555555555" & @CRLF & _ "VA59001123000012345678" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "AL35202111090000000001234567" & @CRLF & _ "AZ96AZEJ00000000001234567890" & @CRLF & _ "BH02CITI00001077181611" & @CRLF & _ "BA393385804800211234" & @CRLF & _ "BR1500000000000010932840814P2" & @CRLF & _ "CR23015108410026012345" & @CRLF & _ "FO9264600123456789" & @CRLF & _ "GL8964710123456789" & @CRLF & _ "DO22ACAU00000000000123456789" & @CRLF & _ "EG800002000156789012345180002" & @CRLF & _ "GE60NB0000000123456789" & @CRLF & _ "GT20AGRO00000000001234567890" & @CRLF & _ "IL170108000000012612345" & @CRLF & _ "JO71CBJO0000000000001234567890" & @CRLF & _ "KZ563190000012344567" & @CRLF & _ "XK051212012345678906" & @CRLF & _ "KW81CBKU0000000000001234560101" & @CRLF & _ "LB92000700000000123123456123" & @CRLF & _ "MK07200002785123453" & @CRLF & _ "MR1300020001010000123456753" & @CRLF & _ "MU43BOMM0101123456789101000MUR" & @CRLF & _ "MD21EX000000000001234567" & @CRLF & _ "ME25505000012345678951" & @CRLF & _ "PK36SCBL0000001123456702" & @CRLF & _ "PS92PALS000000000400123456702" & @CRLF & _ "QA54QNBA000000000000693123456" & @CRLF & _ "LC14BOSL123456789012345678901234" & @CRLF & _ "ST23000200000289355710148" & @CRLF & _ "SA4420000001234567891234" & @CRLF & _ "RS35105008123123123173" & @CRLF & _ "TL380010012345678910106" & @CRLF & _ "TN5904018104004942712345" & @CRLF & _ "TR320010009999901234567890" & @CRLF & _ "AE460090000000123456789" & @CRLF & _ "VG21PACG0000000123456789" & @CRLF & _ "UA903052992990004149123456789" & @CRLF & _ "SC52BAHL01031234567890123456USD" & @CRLF & _ "IQ20CBIQ861800101010500" & @CRLF & _ "BY86AKBB10100000002966000000" & @CRLF & _ "SV43ACAT00000000000000123123" & @CRLF & _ "LY38021001000000123456789" & @CRLF & _ "SD8811123456789012" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "test" 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