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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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Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)(?!^\*)+?(?:^\W*\r*)(?<country>[\w]{0,1}[^\r\n])(?:[^\w*]+)(?<channel>[\w?,'\"\-_ ]*(?<![^\w?!])).*?(?<tag>\w*$)|(?<channel2>^[\w?,'\"\-_]+(?<![^\w?!]))[^\w\r\n\*\t\f\v]*(?<tag2>\w+$)?" Local $sString = "*** jeo ****" & @CRLF & _ "UK -+- "Channel Name' | HD" & @CRLF & _ "Channel | FHD" & @CRLF & _ "zeebo" & @CRLF & _ "BBC" & @CRLF & _ "US = LONG chanell NaME | FHD" & @CRLF & _ "US - SkySports | HD" & @CRLF & _ "ES | Chan-nel Name HD" & @CRLF & _ "IT| My long super channel Name | HD" & @CRLF & _ "ks lets sae my channel | hd" & @CRLF & _ "JS: My channel Name | HD" & @CRLF & _ "JS: Sky Cinema Action" & @CRLF & _ "UK: Sky Cinema Gold | FHD" & @CRLF & _ "JA: Some other channel :HD" & @CRLF & _ "UK: this channel name ||jdh" & @CRLF & _ "AH: does it work for all?? |HD" & @CRLF & _ "UJ: Dont call me dave" & @CRLF & _ "****** My service Provider" & @CRLF & _ "DE: Doesn't handle weird _String | FHD" & @CRLF & _ "UK: so howcanedo | HD" & @CRLF & _ "KD: 5g0fff9 98hf9 ?|FHD" & @CRLF & _ "UR: this is okay mostly | FHD" & @CRLF & _ "EE) but does it always work? | vip" & @CRLF & _ "****** My service Provider ****vip" & @CRLF & _ "re: hahahaahahaahahaha 32 hd | hd" & @CRLF & _ "jg: will it work | dd" & @CRLF & _ "ur: rte1 | FHD" & @CRLF & _ "IR: M-Y CHAN-NEL NAME |VIP" & @CRLF & _ "IR: MY CHANNEL NAME | FHD" & @CRLF & _ "le let me get this channel" |FHD" & @CRLF & _ "UK MY CHANNNEL NAME | FHD" & @CRLF & _ "el haha get my name | jfh" 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