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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
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    \D
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    \w
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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    (...)
  • 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
    ^
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    $
  • A 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 = "(?im)^(\[(?P<release_group>.+?)\][ ._-]*)?((\[|\().+?(\]|\))[ ._-]*)?(?P<series_name>.+?)[ ._-]+((épisode|episode|part)[ ._-]*)?((E)?(?P<ep_ab_num>\d{1,3}))[\(\)\[\] ._-]+((and.Part.|E)?(?P<extra_ab_ep_num>\d{1,3})[\(\)\[\] ._-]+)?(VOSTFR[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?((par[ ._-]+Fansub-Resistance)[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?(((v|V)([0-9]))[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?(((8|10)(Bits|Bit))[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?((?P<extra_info>((((FHD|HD|SD)[ ._-])?(\d{3,4}[xip*]+\d{0,4}))|(.*)))[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?(VOSTFR[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?((FHD|HD|SD)[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?(((8|10)(Bits|Bit))[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?(((v|V)(?P<version>[0-9]))[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?((?P<crc>\w{8})[\(\)\[\] ._-]*)?.*" Local $sString = "[Release-Group]_Series_Name_E100-E101_[VOSTFR]_[720p]_[HD]_[8bits]_[V3]_[13245678].mp4" & @CRLF & _ "[Kaerizaki-Fansub]_One_Piece_727_[VOSTFR][HD_1280x720][V2]_[1921E00C].mp4" & @CRLF & _ "[Titania-Fansub]_Fairy_Tail_269-280_[VOSTFR]_[720p]_[1921E00C].mp4" & @CRLF & _ "[ISLAND]One_Piece_726_[VOSTFR]_[V1]_[8bit]_[720p]_[2F7B3FA2].mp4" & @CRLF & _ "Naruto Shippuden 445 VOSTFR par Fansub-Resistance (1280*720) - version MQ" & @CRLF & _ "Dragon Ball Super 015 VOSTFR par Fansub-Resistance (1280x720) - HQ version" & @CRLF & _ "[Mystic.Z-Team].Dragon.Ball.Super.-.épisode.36.VOSTFR.720p" & @CRLF & _ "[Z-Team][DBSuper.pw] Dragon Ball Super - E028 (VOSTFR)(720p AAC)(MP4)" & @CRLF & _ "[SnF] Shokugeki no Souma - 24 VOSTFR [720p][41761760].mkv" & @CRLF & _ "[Y-F] Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm - 03 Vostfr HD 8bits" & @CRLF & _ "Detective Conan 804 vostfr HD" & @CRLF & _ "Active Raid 04 vostfr [1080p]" & @CRLF & _ "Sekko Boys 04 vostfr [720p]" & @CRLF & _ "Show.Name.E23.Source.Quality.Etc-Group" & @CRLF & _ "Show Name - Episode 01 - Ep Name" & @CRLF & _ "Show.Name.Part.3.Source.Quality.Etc-Group" & @CRLF & _ "Show.Name.Part.1.and.Part.2.Blah-Group" & @CRLF & _ "Deconstructed.E07.1080i.HDTV.DD5.1.MPEG2-TrollHD" & @CRLF & _ "Show.Name.E23.WEB-DL" & @CRLF & _ "Show.Name.E23-24.WEB-DL" 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