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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

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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)\<(\w+)(?:\s*|\>)?" Local $sString = "" & @CRLF & _ "<!DOCTYPE html>" & @CRLF & _ "<html lang="el" dir="ltr" class="no-js">" & @CRLF & _ "<head>" & @CRLF & _ " <meta charset="utf-8" />" & @CRLF & _ " <title>Radial</title>" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="description" content="Η Radial σχεδιάζει και αναπτύσσει websites, οργανώνει online καμπάνιες και δημιουργεί εταιρικές ταυτότητες." />" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <meta property="fb:page_id" content="118981334805256" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta property="fb:app_id" content="166019300145537" />" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <!--[if lt IE 9]><script type="text/javascript" src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script><![endif]-->" & @CRLF & _ " <script type="text/javascript">(function(H){H.className=H.className.replace(/\bno-js\b/,'js')})(document.documentElement);</script>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://static.radial.gr/styles/screen.css?43614" />" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <script type="text/javascript" src="http://use.typekit.com/ioa2dxy.js"></script>" & @CRLF & _ " <script type="text/javascript">try{Typekit.load();}catch(e){}</script?" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Τελευταία έργα" href="/feed/" />" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "</head>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<body id="home" class="">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<header id="main-header"><div class="wrapper">" & @CRLF & _ " <div id="logo"><a href="/"><img src="http://static.radial.gr/images/radial-logo.png" alt="Radial" /></a></div>" & @CRLF & _ " <nav id="main-nav">" & @CRLF & _ " <ul>" & @CRLF & _ " <li><a href="/projects/">Έργα</a></li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li><a href="/profile/">Προφίλ</a></li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li><a href="/contact/">Επικοινωνία</a></li>" & @CRLF & _ " </ul>" & @CRLF & _ " </nav>" & @CRLF & _ " <nav id="lang-nav">" & @CRLF & _ " <span>EΛ</span>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/en/">EN</a>" & @CRLF & _ " </nav>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<br />" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</div></header>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<script type="text/javascript">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " var _gaq = _gaq || [];" & @CRLF & _ " _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-515952-44']);" & @CRLF & _ " _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);" & @CRLF & _ " (function() {" & @CRLF & _ " var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;" & @CRLF & _ " ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';" & @CRLF & _ " var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);" & @CRLF & _ " })();" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</script>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</body>" & @CRLF & _ "</html>" & @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