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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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gm

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)^((CAPR?I?\s?SUN\b)|(CAPRI\b)|(C\W?S\b)|(JUICES?\b)|(STRAWBERRY\b))" Local $sString = "C/S ARIETY PACK 40CT CS C/S" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SN SPR V FRTPNCH 10PK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SN SPR V JCE APPLE 10PK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SN SPR V JCE BERRY 10PK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI STRAWNANA MINIONS CAPRI" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN100% JUICE APPLE SPL" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN 100% JUICE BERRY BRE" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN 100% JUICE FRUIT DIV" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN 100% JUICE GRAPE TID" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN 40CT 100% JUICE VAR" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN 40CT ROARING WATERS" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN 40CT VARIETY PACK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN COOL 40 CT" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN FRT PNCH SPOUTED PCH" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN FRT PUNCH 30CT" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN FRUIT PUNCH" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN FRUIT/VEGGIE APPLE SWEET POTATO SMASH 10CT" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN FRUIT/VEGGIE PUNCH CARROT CRAZE 10PK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN GRAPE" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN KWI SPOUTED PCH" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN LEMONADE" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN MOUNTAIN COOLER" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ORANGE" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ORGANIC APPLE 10PK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ORGANIC FRUIT PUNCH 10PK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ORGANIC GRAPE 10PK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ORGANIC TROPICAL PUNCH 10PK" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN PACIFIC COOLER" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN PACIFIC COOLER 30/6 OZ" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN RED BERRY" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ROARIN WATER BERRY" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ROARIN WATER GRAPE" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ROARIN WATER STRAWBE" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ROARIN WATER TROPICA" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ROARIN WATER WILD CH" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN ROARING WATERS FRT P" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN SPLASH COOLER" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN STRAWBERRY" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN STRAWBERRY KIWI" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN STRW KIWI 30CT" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN SURF COOLER" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN TROPICAL PUNCH" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN WILD CHERRY" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRI SUN WLD CHRRY 30CT" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRISUN 100% JC" & @CRLF & _ "CAPRISUN ROARING WATERS TROPICAL FRUIT" & @CRLF & _ "CAPSUN COASTAL COOLER 10 pk " & @CRLF & _ "CAPSUN FRUIT PUNCH DRINK 10PK 10 ct " & @CRLF & _ "CAPSUN PACIFIC COOLER 10PK 10 ct " & @CRLF & _ "CS FRUIT PUNCH" & @CRLF & _ "JUICE FRT VEG BERRY/CARRT BLST" & @CRLF & _ "JUICES APPLE FRUIT REFRESHER" & @CRLF & _ "JUICES BERRY FRUIT REFRESHER" & @CRLF & _ "STRAWBERRY LEMONADE ORGANIC" & @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