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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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 = "<script[^>]+>[\s|\S]*('facebook-jssdk'\)\);" & @CRLF & _ "\/\/ ]]><\/script>)" Local $sString = "<p><em>ขอขอบคุณข้อมูลจาก <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CrewabsCabincrew/photos/a.163266007065328.35057.162290157162913/981295968595657/?type=3">เฟซบุ๊ก Crewabs Cabincrew</a></em></p>" & @CRLF & _ "<script type="text/javascript"></script>asdasd" & @CRLF & _ "asdasdasd" & @CRLF & _ "asdad" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[" & @CRLF & _ "(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/th_TH/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));" & @CRLF & _ "// ]]></script>" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/CrewabsCabincrew/photos/a.163266007065328.35057.162290157162913/981295968595657/?type=3" data-width="500">" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore">" & @CRLF & _ "<blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/CrewabsCabincrew/photos/a.163266007065328.35057.162290157162913/981295968595657/?type=3">" & @CRLF & _ "<p>จากใจแอร์สาวบนไฟล์ทที่โดนหนุ่มรถไฟจีบด้วยมุก"ระเบิด"กรณีหนุ่มรถไฟ แซวแอร์ไทยไลอ้อน อยากขอพื้นที่ชี้แจงให้ลูกเรือสาวในไ...</p>" & @CRLF & _ "Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CrewabsCabincrew/">Crewabs Cabincrew</a> on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CrewabsCabincrew/photos/a.163266007065328.35057.162290157162913/981295968595657/?type=3">3 พฤศจิกายน 2015</a></blockquote>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYFULLMATCH) ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($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