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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • Substitution
  • 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

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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)(?i)[\da-f]{8}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{12}" Local $sString = "e876c866-1dd6-4c32-bf27-7ab673b57f75" & @CRLF & _ "d9da6fe0-cf69-40ae-9263-a115aac94441" & @CRLF & _ "bc783e58-3cac-4efb-92ee-560b696674c8" & @CRLF & _ "7b054304-c5dd-4595-a390-fd4f4b700e33" & @CRLF & _ "20255eea-5679-4fa7-8e65-4bab69425727" & @CRLF & _ "8039e4c6-4032-4065-8723-b0351d4a33f0" & @CRLF & _ "e9b3f927-b87a-459a-8a5b-caba3ccc8968" & @CRLF & _ "edbdb831-6e92-4241-8ba9-0bba71a1d7b0" & @CRLF & _ "087b5b52-97e6-4341-8976-59674ecbef2d" & @CRLF & _ "d78be4c5-a0ba-4ef4-ab77-97585aa61436" 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