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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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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&’*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)+" Local $sString = "Envelope-to: login@site.ru" & @CRLF & _ "Delivery-date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:08:10 +0300" & @CRLF & _ "Authentication-Results: dkim=pass, header.i=@1-ofd.ru" & @CRLF & _ "Received: from relay25.1-ofd.ru ([89.248.204.6])" & @CRLF & _ " by ruvip55.hostiman.ru with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384" & @CRLF & _ " (Exim 4.97.1)" & @CRLF & _ " (envelope-from <echeck@1-ofd.ru>)" & @CRLF & _ " id 1w60MX-000000007vc-3Zsb" & @CRLF & _ " for login@site.ru;" & @CRLF & _ " Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:08:10 +0300" & @CRLF & _ "DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=1-ofd.ru; s=mail;" & @CRLF & _ " t=1774591685; bh=0o5X4pC1tr0unQQRyYpBU6TNm61Nwax1i1/3IcnrEtg=;" & @CRLF & _ " h=Date:from:reply-to:to:Subject;" & @CRLF & _ " b=PTMljcDJ3gVE0T6rQGcPrjSD0J9wF8l3o5MrWat0Pnagep+qDq42X/ZWJLpjdwM12" & @CRLF & _ " 0fCF9SocQ0kdQzOZ6TM4/ehnUdG3jYkWwvT9Bg7PAJJJBlrmoykfT2kSGGAcuSbJbP" & @CRLF & _ " KvjCHGADs9Wi1jEN3DTiJvKfYs+AR/piI0bBlcXA=" & @CRLF & _ "Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:08:04 +0300 (MSK)" & @CRLF & _ "from: =?UTF-8?B?0KfQtdC6INC4INC/0L7QtNCw0YDQvtC6?=<echeck@1-ofd.ru>" & @CRLF & _ "reply-to: echeck@1-ofd.ru" & @CRLF & _ "to: login@site.ru" & @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