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Regular Expression
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r"
"
gs

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?s)<tr>(?:.(?!<tr>))*?<td>.*?</td>(?:.(?!<tr>))*?<td>(.*?)</td>" Local $sString = "<!DOCTYPE html>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<html>" & @CRLF & _ "<head>" & @CRLF & _ " <meta charset="utf-8">" & @CRLF & _ " <style>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " table, th, td {" & @CRLF & _ " border: 1px solid black;" & @CRLF & _ " border-collapse: collapse;" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " table{" & @CRLF & _ " width: 75%;" & @CRLF & _ " margin-left: auto;" & @CRLF & _ " margin-right: auto;" & @CRLF & _ " text-align: center;" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " td{" & @CRLF & _ " padding: 5px;" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " #actualTime{" & @CRLF & _ " background-color: green" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " </style>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</head>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<header>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</header>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<body>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <table>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr id="actualTime">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <th>actualTime</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>cancelled</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>commercialTrack</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>countryCode</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>scheduledTime</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>stationShortCode</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>stationUICCode</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>trainStopping</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>type</th>" & @CRLF & _ " <th>trainNumber</th> " & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <tr class="type">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 2019-08-06T04:48:00.000Z" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " False" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " FI" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 2019-08-06T04:48:00.000Z" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " JVS " & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 1272" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " False" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " DEPARTURE" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 150" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr class="countryCode">" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 2019-08-06T06:04:39.000Z" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " False" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " FI" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 2019-08-06T06:04:39.000Z" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " R702" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 98998" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " False" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " ARRIVAL" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 150" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 2019-08-06T07:03:12.000Z" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " False" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " FI" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 2019-08-06T07:03:12.000Z" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " ILA" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 98998" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 9" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " ARRIVAL" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " 8337" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</body>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<footer>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</footer>" & @CRLF & _ "</html>" 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