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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

/
/
g

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(".*?"|(?<=:)[^"][0-9]*[^"{}\[\],])|[{}:\[\],]" Local $sString = "[" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "JourneyCode": "TXT123AP3CL700036"," & @CRLF & _ " "CONDITION": "Running Late"," & @CRLF & _ " "earliestarrivalDate": "2017-09-01T14:03:00.001Z"," & @CRLF & _ " "allowedconcessions": [" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "concessionname": "free champagne"," & @CRLF & _ " "concessioncode": "Bolli-911"," & @CRLF & _ " "activationState": "corkpopped"," & @CRLF & _ " "expirydate": "2016-09-01T09:12:33.001Z"" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " ]," & @CRLF & _ " "passenger": {" & @CRLF & _ " "email": "user@example.com"," & @CRLF & _ " "firstName": "John"," & @CRLF & _ " "surname": "Doe"," & @CRLF & _ " "phone": 1234567890," & @CRLF & _ " "language": "en-GB"," & @CRLF & _ " "adress": {" & @CRLF & _ " "street1": "10 Rue Morgue"," & @CRLF & _ " "street2": "string"," & @CRLF & _ " "street3": "string"," & @CRLF & _ " "countyOrState": "Champagne"," & @CRLF & _ " "city": "Epernay"," & @CRLF & _ " "zip": 123456," & @CRLF & _ " "country": "France"" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " "ticket": {" & @CRLF & _ " "Number":"StarGla2Ber9ffh46438"," & @CRLF & _ " "JourneyCode": "TXT123AP3CL700036"," & @CRLF & _ " "class": "premium"," & @CRLF & _ " "subclass": "HandleWithCare"," & @CRLF & _ " "franchise": "Eurostar"," & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @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