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  • All Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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

Regular Expression

/
/
gi

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 = "(?i)([\d]{1,2})\s+([\w]+)\s+([\d]{4})\s+-\s+([\d]{1,2})\s+([\w]+)\s+([\d]{4})\s+([\d]{1,2})\s+N[a,ä]chte\s+([.\s\S]+)\s+DERTOUR" Local $sString = "Mit freundlichen Grüßen" & @CRLF & _ "i.A. Center Parcs Europe N.V." & @CRLF & _ "Tel.: 0221-97303042" & @CRLF & _ "Fax: 0221-97303019" & @CRLF & _ "EMail: dertour@groupepvcp.com" & @CRLF & _ "Vertragspartner: Center Parcs Europe N.V.; Korrespondenzadresse: Kaltenbornweg 1-3, 50679 Köln" & @CRLF & _ "Geschäftsführer: Pascal R.L. Ferracci, Mark David Haak Wegmann" & @CRLF & _ "Von: ltr-staedte.fra@dertouristik.com <ltr-staedte.fra@dertouristik.com>" & @CRLF & _ "Gesendet: Montag, 4. Juli 2016 14:07" & @CRLF & _ "An: PVCP, Dertour" & @CRLF & _ "Betreff: ADVISING=2016/07/04, SeqNo=738, RefNo=201607042684" & @CRLF & _ "CPNK§" & @CRLF & _ "Center Parcs Nordseeküste GmbH" & @CRLF & _ "Attn.: Frau Schwamborn" & @CRLF & _ "Kaltenbornweg 1-3" & @CRLF & _ "D-50679 Köln" & @CRLF & _ "BRV10888 Center Parcs Park Nordseeküste" & @CRLF & _ "-- OK gebucht --" & @CRLF & _ "DER-REF.: 671509446-3 RES-DAT.: 04 JUL 2016" & @CRLF & _ "Personen: 6 Erw." & @CRLF & _ "Kopie" & @CRLF & _ "01 X BK792" & @CRLF & _ "( EUR 917.60 )" & @CRLF & _ "08 JUL 2016 - 15 JUL 2016 7 Nächte" & @CRLF & _ "Bestätigt nach Anfrage" & @CRLF & _ "Frau MENTHE/URSULA" & @CRLF & _ "Herr MENTHE/CHRISTOPH" & @CRLF & _ "Herr MENTHE/HEIKO" & @CRLF & _ "Frau MENTHE/CHRISTINA" & @CRLF & _ "Kind MENTHE/SILJA (08)" & @CRLF & _ "Kind MENTHE/JANDRIK (04)" & @CRLF & _ "BRV10888 Center Parcs Park Nordseeküste" & @CRLF & _ "-- Bitte stornieren --" & @CRLF & _ "DER-REF.: 671509446-2 RES-DAT.: 29 JUN 2016" & @CRLF & _ "Personen: 6 Erw." & @CRLF & _ "Kopie: kein komplettes Storno - nur Umbuchung auf Termin 08.-15.07." & @CRLF & _ "01 X BK792" & @CRLF & _ "( EUR 1,359.20 )" & @CRLF & _ "08 JUL 2016 - 18 JUL 2016 10 Nächte" & @CRLF & _ "Freesale" & @CRLF & _ "Frau MENTHE/URSULA" & @CRLF & _ "Herr MENTHE/CHRISTOPH" & @CRLF & _ "Herr MENTHE/HEIKO" & @CRLF & _ "Frau MENTHE/CHRISTINA" & @CRLF & _ "Kind MENTHE/SILJA (08)" & @CRLF & _ "Kind MENTHE/JANDRIK (04)" & @CRLF & _ "DERTOUR GmbH & Co. KG" & @CRLF & _ "Erlebnisparks FAX: 069/9588-5122" & @CRLF & _ "++ ENDE AVIS ++" 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