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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
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    \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 = "(?xm)(?(DEFINE) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<addr_spec> (?&local_part) @ (?&domain) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<local_part> (?&dot_atom) | (?&quoted_string) | (?&obs_local_part) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<domain> (?&dot_atom) | (?&domain_literal) | (?&obs_domain) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<domain_literal> (?&CFWS)? \[ (?: (?&FWS)? (?&dtext) )* (?&FWS)? \] (?&CFWS)? ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<dtext> [\x21-\x5a] | [\x5e-\x7e] | (?&obs_dtext) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<quoted_pair> \\ (?: (?&VCHAR) | (?&WSP) ) | (?&obs_qp) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<dot_atom> (?&CFWS)? (?&dot_atom_text) (?&CFWS)? ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<dot_atom_text> (?&atext) (?: \. (?&atext) )* ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<atext> [a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+ ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<atom> (?&CFWS)? (?&atext) (?&CFWS)? ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<word> (?&atom) | (?&quoted_string) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<quoted_string> (?&CFWS)? " (?: (?&FWS)? (?&qcontent) )* (?&FWS)? " (?&CFWS)? ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<qcontent> (?&qtext) | (?&quoted_pair) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<qtext> \x21 | [\x23-\x5b] | [\x5d-\x7e] | (?&obs_qtext) ) " & @CRLF & _ " # comments and whitespace " & @CRLF & _ " (?<FWS> (?: (?&WSP)* \r\n )? (?&WSP)+ | (?&obs_FWS) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<CFWS> (?: (?&FWS)? (?&comment) )+ (?&FWS)? | (?&FWS) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<comment> \( (?: (?&FWS)? (?&ccontent) )* (?&FWS)? \) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<ccontent> (?&ctext) | (?&quoted_pair) | (?&comment) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<ctext> [\x21-\x27] | [\x2a-\x5b] | [\x5d-\x7e] | (?&obs_ctext) ) " & @CRLF & _ " # obsolete tokens " & @CRLF & _ " (?<obs_domain> (?&atom) (?: \. (?&atom) )* ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<obs_local_part> (?&word) (?: \. (?&word) )* ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<obs_dtext> (?&obs_NO_WS_CTL) | (?&quoted_pair) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<obs_qp> \\ (?: \x00 | (?&obs_NO_WS_CTL) | \n | \r ) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<obs_FWS> (?&WSP)+ (?: \r\n (?&WSP)+ )* ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<obs_ctext> (?&obs_NO_WS_CTL) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<obs_qtext> (?&obs_NO_WS_CTL) ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<obs_NO_WS_CTL> [\x01-\x08] | \x0b | \x0c | [\x0e-\x1f] | \x7f ) " & @CRLF & _ " # character class definitions " & @CRLF & _ " (?<VCHAR> [\x21-\x7E] ) " & @CRLF & _ " (?<WSP> [ \t] ) " & @CRLF & _ ") " & @CRLF & _ "^(?&addr_spec)$" Local $sString = " Valid" & @CRLF & _ "-------" & @CRLF & _ "first.last@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ ""first\"last"@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ ""first@last"@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ ""first\\last"@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "x@x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x2" & @CRLF & _ "1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678@12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789.12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789.123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123.iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "first.last@[12.34.56.78]" & @CRLF & _ "first.last@[IPv6:::12.34.56.78]" & @CRLF & _ "first.last@[IPv6:::b3:b4]" & @CRLF & _ "first.last@[IPv6:::]" & @CRLF & _ "first.last@[IPv6:1111:2222:3333::4444:12.34.56.78]" & @CRLF & _ ""first\last"@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "user+mailbox@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "customer/department@iana.org " & @CRLF & _ "customer/department=shipping@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ ""Doug \"Ace\" L."@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "+1~1+@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "{_test_}@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ ""[[ test ]]"@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ ""test&#13;&#10; blah"@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "(foo)cal(bar)@(baz)iamcal.com(quux)" & @CRLF & _ "cal(woo(yay)hoopla)@iamcal.com" & @CRLF & _ "cal(foo\@bar)@iamcal.com" & @CRLF & _ "cal(foo\)bar)@iamcal.com" & @CRLF & _ "first(Welcome to&#13;&#10; the ("wonderful" (!)) world&#13;&#10; of email)@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "pete(his account)@silly.test(his host)" & @CRLF & _ "c@(Chris's host.)public.example" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " Invalid" & @CRLF & _ "---------" & @CRLF & _ "first@...........com" & @CRLF & _ "first.last@sub.do,com" & @CRLF & _ "first\@last@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "first.last" & @CRLF & _ ".first.last@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "first.last.@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ ""first"last"@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ """"@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "first\\@last@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "Doug\ \"Ace\"\ Lovell@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "()[]\;:,><@iana.org" & @CRLF & _ "test@." & @CRLF & _ "test@[123.123.123.123" & @CRLF & _ "test@123.123.123.123]" & @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")

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