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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
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    \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
    ^
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    $
  • 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 = "(?ms)(?:\G|<saml:Attribute\s*+Name="example"[^\/>]*+>)(?:\s*+<saml:AttributeValue\s*+xsi:type="xs:string"[^\/>]*+>(?<value>[^<]*+)<\/saml:AttributeValue[^>]*+>|\s*+<[^\/][^\/>]*+>[^<]*+<\/[^>]*+>|\s*+<[^\/][^>\/]*+\/>)" Local $sString = "<samlp:Response xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol" xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" ID="_8e8dc5f69a98cc4c1ff3427e5ce34606fd672f91e6" Version="2.0" IssueInstant="2014-07-17T01:01:48Z" Destination="http://sp.example.com/demo1/index.php?acs" InResponseTo="ONELOGIN_4fee3b046395c4e751011e97f8900b5273d56685">" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Issuer>http://idp.example.com/metadata.php</saml:Issuer>" & @CRLF & _ " <samlp:Status>" & @CRLF & _ " <samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Success"/>" & @CRLF & _ " </samlp:Status>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Assertion xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" ID="_d71a3a8e9fcc45c9e9d248ef7049393fc8f04e5f75" Version="2.0" IssueInstant="2014-07-17T01:01:48Z">" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Issuer>http://idp.example.com/metadata.php</saml:Issuer>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Subject>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:NameID SPNameQualifier="http://sp.example.com/demo1/metadata.php" Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient">_ce3d2948b4cf20146dee0a0b3dd6f69b6cf86f62d7</saml:NameID>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:SubjectConfirmation Method="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer">" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:SubjectConfirmationData NotOnOrAfter="2024-01-18T06:21:48Z" Recipient="http://sp.example.com/demo1/index.php?acs" InResponseTo="ONELOGIN_4fee3b046395c4e751011e97f8900b5273d56685"/>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:SubjectConfirmation>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:Subject>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Conditions NotBefore="2014-07-17T01:01:18Z" NotOnOrAfter="2024-01-18T06:21:48Z">" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AudienceRestriction>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Audience>http://sp.example.com/demo1/metadata.php</saml:Audience>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:AudienceRestriction>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:Conditions>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AuthnStatement AuthnInstant="2014-07-17T01:01:48Z" SessionNotOnOrAfter="2024-07-17T09:01:48Z" SessionIndex="_be9967abd904ddcae3c0eb4189adbe3f71e327cf93">" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AuthnContext>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AuthnContextClassRef>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:Password</saml:AuthnContextClassRef>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:AuthnContext>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:AuthnStatement>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AttributeStatement>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Attribute Name="uid" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic">" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">test</saml:AttributeValue>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:Attribute>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Attribute Name="mail" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic">" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">test@example.com</saml:AttributeValue>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:Attribute>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:Attribute Name="example" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic">" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">users</saml:AttributeValue>" & @CRLF & _ " <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">examplerole1</saml:AttributeValue>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:Attribute>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:AttributeStatement>" & @CRLF & _ " </saml:Assertion>" & @CRLF & _ "</samlp:Response>" 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