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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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r"
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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)^(?:\"Flesh)|^(?:\"Primitive)|^(?:\"Mutant)|^(?:\"Sacred)|^(?:\"Super)|^(?:\"Meat of)" Local $sString = "" & @CRLF & _ ""Black beetle killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the flesh of the black beetle to gain zero to ten geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Black beetle flesh eaten. Zero geno points gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Flesh of black beetle eaten. One sacred geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Flesh of black beetle eaten. One sacred geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Flesh of black beetle eaten. One sacred geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature green-scaled beast killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the flesh of the primitive green-scaled beast to gain zero to ten points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature swift mantis killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the swift mantis to gain zero to ten primitive geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature swift mantis killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the swift mantis to gain zero to ten points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature swift mantis killed …"" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature copper-toothed beast killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the flesh of copper-toothed beast to gain zero to ten primitive geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature copper-toothed beast killed. Primitive beast soul of copper-toothed beast gained. Eat the flesh of copper-toothed beast to gain zero to ten primitive geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Sacred-blood bloody slayer killed. Sacred-blood beast soul bloody slayer gained. Eat the flesh of bloody slayer to gain zero to ten sacred geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive green-scaled beast flesh eaten. One primitive geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Mutant copper-toothed beast killed. No beast soul gained. Eat its flesh to gain zero to ten mutant geno points."" & @CRLF & _ ""Mutant copper-toothed beast flesh eaten. One mutant geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature quartz scorpion killed. No beast soul gain. Eat the flesh of quartz scorpion to gain zero to ten primitive geno points."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive quartz scorpion flesh eaten. Four primitive geno points gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Young obsidian dragon eaten. One sacred geno point gained…"" & @CRLF & _ ""Black beetle killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the flesh of the black beetle to gain zero to ten geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Black beetle flesh eaten. Zero geno points gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Flesh of black beetle eaten. One sacred geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Flesh of black beetle eaten. One sacred geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Flesh of black beetle eaten. One sacred geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature green-scaled beast killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the flesh of the primitive green-scaled beast to gain zero to ten points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature swift mantis killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the swift mantis to gain zero to ten primitive geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature swift mantis killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the swift mantis to gain zero to ten points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature swift mantis killed …"" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature copper-toothed beast killed. No beast soul gained. Eat the flesh of copper-toothed beast to gain zero to ten primitive geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature copper-toothed beast killed. Primitive beast soul of copper-toothed beast gained. Eat the flesh of copper-toothed beast to gain zero to ten primitive geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Sacred-blood bloody slayer killed. Sacred-blood beast soul bloody slayer gained. Eat the flesh of bloody slayer to gain zero to ten sacred geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive green-scaled beast flesh eaten. One primitive geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Mutant copper-toothed beast killed. No beast soul gained. Eat its flesh to gain zero to ten mutant geno points."" & @CRLF & _ ""Mutant copper-toothed beast flesh eaten. One mutant geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive creature quartz scorpion killed. No beast soul gain. Eat the flesh of quartz scorpion to gain zero to ten primitive geno points."" & @CRLF & _ ""Primitive quartz scorpion flesh eaten. Four primitive geno points gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Young obsidian dragon eaten. One sacred geno point gained…"" & @CRLF & _ ""Sacred-blood creature purple-winged dragon killed. Sacred-blood beast soul of purple-winged dragon gained. Eat the flesh of purple-winged dragon to gain zero to ten sacred-blood geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Sacred-blood copper-toothed beast killed. No beast soul gained. Eat its meat to gain one to ten sacred geno points randomly."" & @CRLF & _ ""Meat of copper-toothed beast eaten. One sacred geno point gained."" & @CRLF & _ ""Meat of copper-toothed beast eaten. One sacred geno point gained."" 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