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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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r"
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gm

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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)(?P<street>\d+\s.*?(?:,\s*\w*\s*\d+)*),\s*(?P<city>.*?),\s*(?P<state>[A-Za-z]+)\s*(?P<zip>\d+)?,*" Local $sString = "9320 Se Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97266" & @CRLF & _ "921 S E Powell Blvd, PORTLAND, OR 97202" & @CRLF & _ "6560 Sw Beaverton, Raleigh Hills, OR 97225" & @CRLF & _ "2875 Se Powell Blvd, Portland, Or 97202, Usa" & @CRLF & _ "1311 Nw 23rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210" & @CRLF & _ "7710 Sw Barbur Blvd, Portland, OR 97219" & @CRLF & _ "1462 Ne 122nd Ave., Portland, OR 97230" & @CRLF & _ "1831 W Burnside, PORTLAND, OR 97209" & @CRLF & _ "1881 Sw 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97201" & @CRLF & _ "3610 Se Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214" & @CRLF & _ "1850 Sw Skyline Blvd., Portland, OR 97221" & @CRLF & _ "9 Centerpointe Dr, Lake Oswego, OR 97035" & @CRLF & _ "7700 Southwest Dartmouth Avenue, 120, Tigard, OR 97223" & @CRLF & _ "4811 Meadows Road , Suite 111, Lake Oswego, OR 97035" 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