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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

/
/
gm

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)\d{1,9}(eur.*)? honoraires? exclus" Local $sString = "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "[REGEX_1 = hors honoraires?:? (:\s)?\d{1,9}]" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires 900 000 €. no" & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraire 900 000 €. no" & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraire: 900 000 €. no" & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires 168 000 € ttc." & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires 600 000 € ht. " & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires 125 000 €. no" & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires 2 500 000 € pa" & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires 100 000 €. no" & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires 250 000 € h" & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires: 250 000 € h" & @CRLF & _ "prix de vente hors honoraires : 620 000 €" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "[REGEX_2 = \d{1,9} ([a-zA-Z_\/€²]{1,12}) hors honoraires?]" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "1 050 000 € hors honoraires" & @CRLF & _ "450 000 euros hors honoraires" & @CRLF & _ "287600 eur hors honoraires" & @CRLF & _ "450 ht/hc/m²/an hors honoraires" & @CRLF & _ "450 € /m2 ht/hc/an hors honoraires" & @CRLF & _ "450 m²/an/ ht hc et hors honoraires" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "[REGEX_3 = \d{1,9}(eur.*)? hors honoraires?]" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "65 000 hors honoraires " & @CRLF & _ "400000eur hors honoraires " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "[REGEX_4 = honoraires? exclus:? (:\s)?\d{1,9}]" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "prix honoraires exclus : 80 000 eur" & @CRLF & _ "prix honoraires exclus : 550 000 eur" & @CRLF & _ "prix honoraires exclus: 550 000 eur" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "[REGEX_5 = \d{1,9} ([a-zA-Z_\/€²]{1,12}) honoraires? exclus]" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "65 000 eur honoraires exclus" & @CRLF & _ "400000 ht/hc/m²/an honoraires exclus" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "[REGEX_6 = \d{1,9}(eur.*)? honoraires? exclus]" & @CRLF & _ "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------" & @CRLF & _ "65 000 honoraires exclus" & @CRLF & _ "400000eur ht/hc/m²/an honoraires exclus" & @CRLF & _ "400000eur honoraires exclus" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[GOOD ONE]" & @CRLF & _ "prix honoraires exclus " & @CRLF & _ "honoraires exclus " & @CRLF & _ "prix hors honoraires " & @CRLF & _ "bail 30/06/22 hors honoraires" & @CRLF & _ "" & @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