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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

/
/
gmi

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 = "(?mi)[FHD]?[LP]U?\d{3}|H032B|RVS8N" Local $sString = "BUSS4 Business Flat Line Bundle" & @CRLF & _ "FSULR Ftr Simply Unl LD Bundle" & @CRLF & _ "CC55P Addl Line Basic 2yr Cred n/a Bundle Discount" & @CRLF & _ "FSCC1 Ftr Simply Unl Feat Bundle Discount" & @CRLF & _ "WZC21 LD Discount 24 MO Bundle Discount" & @CRLF & _ "RE099 Additional Line Credit Discount" & @CRLF & _ "RE117 Solutions Bundle Discount Discount" & @CRLF & _ "WZ101 Simply Unlimited Term Discount" & @CRLF & _ "BLSR1 Business Line - Rotary Feature" & @CRLF & _ "CX113 Centranet Feature Package Feature" & @CRLF & _ "IWMB7 Inside Wire Maint - Bus Feature" & @CRLF & _ "OPSN1 Oprtr Call Scrng Inbound Feature" & @CRLF & _ "OVOP4 Onepoint Voice Ma Feature" & @CRLF & _ "VDI03 Unlimited Local Toll n/a Toll" & @CRLF & _ "VDI04 Unlimited Regional toll c n/a Toll" & @CRLF & _ "B1 Business Line " & @CRLF & _ "B1FT3 Business Line - 3 Yr Term " & @CRLF & _ "B1M Business Line - Metered " & @CRLF & _ "CFNT1 CentraNet Stn Ln 2-25 " & @CRLF & _ "CXAM1 CustoPak Ln Measrd Rate " & @CRLF & _ "EUAPB ISDN BRI Interst Acc Port " & @CRLF & _ "FEA1P Addl Line Unl 2 Yr Feat " & @CRLF & _ "IBCD6 ISDN B Channel Voice & Da " & @CRLF & _ "IBRB1 ISDN Single User Access " & @CRLF & _ "ISA06 ISDN BRI Access " & @CRLF & _ "NP Non-Published Listing " & @CRLF & _ "SOLF2 Sol Bun Line 2yr Cpk Feat " & @CRLF & _ "SOLF3 Solutions Feat Pack " & @CRLF & _ "VLC21 Unlimited Local and ZUM c n/a " & @CRLF & _ "WZC70 LEC Discount Bus 24 MO " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " WZB90 HSI Discount 99 MO Discount" & @CRLF & _ " WZB93 FiOS Internet Bus 99 MO Discount" & @CRLF & _ " WZC66 HSI Discount 24 MO Discount" & @CRLF & _ "MSC03 FiOS Quantum Gateway Rout Equipment" & @CRLF & _ " DL658 High Speed Inet - 7.1/768 " & @CRLF & _ " DP658 High Speed Inet - 7.1/768 " & @CRLF & _ " FL503 FiOSInet 25M/25M 2YR Loop " & @CRLF & _ " FP503 FiOSInet 25M/25M 2YR Port " & @CRLF & _ " H032B FiOS Internet " & @CRLF & _ " HL384 High Speed Inet - 7.1/768 " & @CRLF & _ " HP384 High Speed Inet - 7.1/768 " & @CRLF & _ " LU040 FiOS Internet 25/25 Mb " & @CRLF & _ " PU040 FiOS Internet 25/25 Mb " & @CRLF & _ " RVS8N Online Bkup & Shrng/50GB " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "VDO03 Unlimited Long Distance n/a" & @CRLF & _ "TTWLD Talk to the World " & @CRLF & _ "VDO04 Unlimited long distance c n/a" & @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