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  • All Tokens
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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)[\n\s]*=>[\n\s]*\[[\n\s]*(\([^\]]+\))[\n\s]*\]" Local $sString = "{" & @CRLF & _ " "outcome" => "success"," & @CRLF & _ " "result" => {" & @CRLF & _ " "deep-copy-subject-mode" => false," & @CRLF & _ " "vault" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "security-domain" => {" & @CRLF & _ " "jboss-web-policy" => {" & @CRLF & _ " "acl" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "audit" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "authentication" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "cache-type" => "default"," & @CRLF & _ " "identity-trust" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "jsse" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "mapping" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "authorization" => {"classic" => {"policy-modules" => [{" & @CRLF & _ " "code" => "Delegating"," & @CRLF & _ " "flag" => "required"," & @CRLF & _ " "module-options" => undefined" & @CRLF & _ " }]}}" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " "other" => {" & @CRLF & _ " "acl" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "audit" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "authorization" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "cache-type" => "default"," & @CRLF & _ " "identity-trust" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "jsse" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "mapping" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "authentication" => {"classic" => {"login-modules" => [" & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "code" => "Remoting"," & @CRLF & _ " "flag" => "optional"," & @CRLF & _ " "module-options" => [("password-stacking" => "useFirstPass")]" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " {" & @CRLF & _ " "code" => "RealmUsersRoles"," & @CRLF & _ " "flag" => "required"," & @CRLF & _ " "module-options" => [" & @CRLF & _ " ("usersProperties" => "${jboss.server.config.dir}/application-users.properties")," & @CRLF & _ " ("rolesProperties" => "${jboss.server.config.dir}/application-roles.properties")," & @CRLF & _ " ("realm" => "ApplicationRealm")," & @CRLF & _ " ("password-stacking" => "useFirstPass")" & @CRLF & _ " ]" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " ]}}" & @CRLF & _ " }," & @CRLF & _ " "jboss-ejb-policy" => {" & @CRLF & _ " "acl" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "audit" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "authentication" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "cache-type" => "default"," & @CRLF & _ " "identity-trust" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "jsse" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "mapping" => undefined," & @CRLF & _ " "authorization" => {"classic" => {"policy-modules" => [{" & @CRLF & _ " "code" => "Delegating"," & @CRLF & _ " "flag" => "required"," & @CRLF & _ " "module-options" => undefined" & @CRLF & _ " }]}}" & @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