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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
No Match

r"
"
g

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 = "(http|ftp|https):\/\/([\w\-_]+(?:(?:\.[\w\-_]+)+))([\w\-\.,@?^=%&amp;:/~\+#]*[\w\-\@?^=%&amp;/~\+#])?" Local $sString = "http://myip.ms/browse/ip_ranges/1/ownerID/224218/ownerID_A/1/sort/1/asc/1#ip_ranges_tbl_top" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<script src="mraid.js"></script>" & @CRLF & _ "<img src="data:image/png,mone" style="display: none" onerror="" & @CRLF & _ " (function(self) {" & @CRLF & _ " setTimeout(function() {" & @CRLF & _ " var creative = 'GetRich';" & @CRLF & _ " var suffix = '';" & @CRLF & _ " var country = 'om';" & @CRLF & _ " var campaignId = 16492;" & @CRLF & _ " var mediatorUrl = 'https://tags.mli.me';" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " // --- ----" & @CRLF & _ " var params={scriptId:'mone-tag-script-1',tagTimestamp: new Date().getTime(), tagId:(Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000))};" & @CRLF & _ " var req = document.createElement('script');" & @CRLF & _ " req.src = mediatorUrl + '/mediator/' + country + '/_/_/' + creative + '/452/' + campaignId + '?';" & @CRLF & _ " req.id ='mone-tag-script-1';" & @CRLF & _ " params.requestId = '%{${RequestID}}%';" & @CRLF & _ " params.placement = '%{${Placement}}%';" & @CRLF & _ " params.gclid = '%{${GoogleUserID}}%';" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " if(!!suffix)" & @CRLF & _ " params['x-suffix'] = suffix;" & @CRLF & _ " for (var k in params) {" & @CRLF & _ " req.src += '&amp;' + encodeURIComponent(k) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(params[k]);" & @CRLF & _ " }" & @CRLF & _ " if (!window.moneTags) window.moneTags = {};" & @CRLF & _ " if (!window.moneTags.beacons) window.moneTags.beacons = {};" & @CRLF & _ " window.moneTags.beacons[params.tagId] = {'transition':['%%CLICK_URL_ESC%%']};" & @CRLF & _ " document.head.appendChild(req);" & @CRLF & _ " }, 2000);" & @CRLF & _ " })(this);" & @CRLF & _ " "/>" & @CRLF & _ "<img src="https://imp.mli.me/api/track/impression?RequestID=%{${RequestID}}%&CreativeID=%{${CreativeID}}%&WinningPrice=%%WINNING_PRICE%%" width="1" height="1">" 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