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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
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    \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 = "(?mx)<!ELEMENT\s+" & @CRLF & _ "((?'elname'\S+)\s+)" & @CRLF & _ "((?'rank'\d+)\s+)?" & @CRLF & _ "(?'tagOmit'" & @CRLF & _ " (?'start'[-oO])\s+" & @CRLF & _ " (?'end'[-oO])\s+" & @CRLF & _ ")?" & @CRLF & _ "(?'content'" & @CRLF & _ " (?'keyword'(ANY|EMPTY|CDATA|RDATA))|" & @CRLF & _ " (?'contentGrp' \(.*\)[*+?]?)" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "(?'exceptions'" & @CRLF & _ " (\s+\-(?'exclusion'\(.+\)))?" & @CRLF & _ " (\s+\+(?'inclusion'\(.+\)))?" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "\s*>" Local $sString = "<!ELEMENT FTNOTE - - ((PARA | PARA-EFF-GROUP | PARA-EFF-CHOICE | TABLE | UN-LIST | NOTE | TABLE-EFF-GROUP | TABLE-EFF-CHOICE)+)" & @CRLF & _ " -(FTNOTE | NOTE | TABLE | GROUND-TEST | CORRECTIVE-ACTION)>" & @CRLF & _ "<!ELEMENT ENTRY - - (WARNING | CAUTION | NOTE | (PARA | UN-LIST | PARA-EFF-GROUP | PARA-EFF-CHOICE)*)" & @CRLF & _ " -(ENTRY | GRAPHIC-COLLECTION)" & @CRLF & _ " +(INFOMARK | FTNOTE-REF)>" & @CRLF & _ "<!ELEMENT COLSPEC - o EMPTY>" & @CRLF & _ "<!ELEMENT TGROUP - - (COLSPEC+, THEAD?, TBODY)>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<!ELEMENT TABLE - - (TITLE?, TGROUP, FTNOTE*)" & @CRLF & _ " -(TABLE | TABLE-NO-TITLE | GROUND-TEST | CORRECTIVE-ACTION)" & @CRLF & _ " +(INFOMARK | INCLUDED-SUBDOC | INCLUDED-SOURCE-DATA | EFF-NONE)>" 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