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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 $sRegex = "(?m)^([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}(?::[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){7}|::|:(?::[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,6}|[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:(?::[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,5}|(?:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(?::[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(?::[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(?::[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}|(?:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1,6}:)$" Local $sString = "::" & @CRLF & _ "::123" & @CRLF & _ "::123:456" & @CRLF & _ "::123:456:789" & @CRLF & _ "::123:456:789:abc:def:6666" & @CRLF & _ "::123:456:789:abc:def:6666:7" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "123::456" & @CRLF & _ "123::456:789" & @CRLF & _ "123::456:789:abc" & @CRLF & _ "123::456:789:abc:def" & @CRLF & _ "123::456:789:abc:def:6" & @CRLF & _ "123::456:789:abc:def:6:7" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "123:456::789" & @CRLF & _ "123:456::789:abc" & @CRLF & _ "123:456::789:abc:def" & @CRLF & _ "123:456::789:abc:def:6666" & @CRLF & _ "123:456::789:abc:def:6666:7" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789::abc" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789::abc:def" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789::abc:def:6666" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789::abc:def:6666:7" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc::def" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc::def:6666" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc::def:66666:7" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc:def::6666" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc:def::6666:7" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc:def:6666::" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc:def::" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc::" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789::" & @CRLF & _ "123:456::" & @CRLF & _ "123::" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "123::456:789:abc:def:6666" & @CRLF & _ "123:456:789:abc:def:6666:7" & @CRLF & _ "123::456::abc" & @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