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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

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gm

Test String

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)^(?P<major>\d+)(?:\.(?P<minor>\d+)(?:\.(?P<build>\d+)(?:\.(?P<revision>\d+))?)?)?(?:-(?P<prerelease>\w+)(?:[-\.](?P<version>\d+))?)?$" Local $sString = "1.0.10123.0" & @CRLF & _ "1.0.10123.0-preview" & @CRLF & _ "1.0.10123.0-beta-1" & @CRLF & _ "1.0.10123.0-beta.2" & @CRLF & _ "0.9-beta-2" & @CRLF & _ "2.1.0" & @CRLF & _ "2.1.1" & @CRLF & _ "2.1.1-preview" & @CRLF & _ "2.1.1-beta.1" & @CRLF & _ "2.1.1-rc-4" & @CRLF & _ "1.8.9" & @CRLF & _ "2.5.1" & @CRLF & _ "5.2.1" & @CRLF & _ "6.5" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "11.5" & @CRLF & _ "1.16" & @CRLF & _ "5.4.1.1" & @CRLF & _ "5.4.1.1" & @CRLF & _ "5.4.1.1" & @CRLF & _ "1.4" & @CRLF & _ "1.4.2" & @CRLF & _ "1.9.1.8" & @CRLF & _ "1.6.37" & @CRLF & _ "3.1" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "15" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "2" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "15.112.1" & @CRLF & _ "17.14.15" & @CRLF & _ "17.14.15" & @CRLF & _ "17.8.8" & @CRLF & _ "1.1.2" & @CRLF & _ "1.1.2" & @CRLF & _ "1.1.1" & @CRLF & _ "15" & @CRLF & _ "13.0.3" & @CRLF & _ "5.4" & @CRLF & _ "15.0.2" & @CRLF & _ "15.0.2" & @CRLF & _ "15.0.2" & @CRLF & _ "15" & @CRLF & _ "1.3.6" & @CRLF & _ "1.1.1" & @CRLF & _ "8.5.2" & @CRLF & _ "3.0.0" & @CRLF & _ "9.0.107" & @CRLF & _ "9.0.537" & @CRLF & _ "9.0.537" & @CRLF & _ "9.0.537" & @CRLF & _ "4.2.0" & @CRLF & _ "9.0.0" & @CRLF & _ "9.0.1" & @CRLF & _ "9.0.0" & @CRLF & _ "6.0.0" & @CRLF & _ "3.0.0" & @CRLF & _ "7.0.0" & @CRLF & _ "3.0.0" & @CRLF & _ "1.8.11" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "1.0.119" & @CRLF & _ "5.2.3" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "6.1" & @CRLF & _ "6.1" & @CRLF & _ "22" & @CRLF & _ "1" & @CRLF & _ "1.0.3240.44" & @CRLF & _ "3.5.5" & @CRLF & _ "3.5.5-preview" & @CRLF & _ "3.5.5-preview.1" & @CRLF & _ "3.5.5-preview-2" & @CRLF & _ "3.2" & @CRLF & _ "3.2-beta" 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