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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

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "<div[^<>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/div>" Local $sString = "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>" & @CRLF & _ "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"" & @CRLF & _ " "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">" & @CRLF & _ "<head>" & @CRLF & _ " <title>A Dança dos Dragões - As Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo</title>" & @CRLF & _ " <link href="../Styles/9788580445763_a_danca_dos_dragoes.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />" & @CRLF & _ "</head>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<body id="x9788580445763_a_danca_dos_dragoes" xml:lang="pt-PT">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="Basic-Text-Frame">" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="TOC"><span class="Bold">&nbsp;</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="after-10"><span class="Bold">&nbsp;</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="titulo-ficha-tecnica-before10" id="toc_marker-2"><span class="Bold">Ficha Técnica</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Copyright © George R. R. Martin</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Todos os direitos reservados.</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Versão brasileira © 2012 Texto Editores Ltda.</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Título original: A Dance with Dragons<br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br /></span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Diretor editorial: Pascoal Soto</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Produtora editorial: Sonnini Ruiz</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Assistente editorial: Carolina Pereira da Rocha<br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br /></span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Coordenação editorial: Estúdio Sabiá</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Preparação de texto: Rosane Albert</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Revisão: Leandro Morita, Valéria Sanalios, Bruno SR</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Ilustração da capa: Marc Simonetti</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Capa: Scintilla Lima</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular"><br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br />" & @CRLF & _ " Dados Internacionais de Catalogação na Publicação (cip)</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">(Câmara Brasileira do Livro, SP, Brasil)<br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br />" & @CRLF & _ " Martin, George R. R.</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">A dança dos dragões / George R. R. Martin ;</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">tradução Marcia Blasques. − São Paulo : Leya,</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">2012. – (Coleção as crônicas de gelo e fogo ; 5)<br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br />" & @CRLF & _ " Título original: A dance with dragons.</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">ISBN 9788580445763<br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br /></span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">1. Ficção fantástica norte-americana. I. Título. II. Série.</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">12-08553 CDD-813.5</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular"><br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br />" & @CRLF & _ " Índices para catálago sistemático:</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">1. Ficção : Literatura norte-americana 813.5<br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br />" & @CRLF & _ " <br />" & @CRLF & _ " Texto Editores Ltda.</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">[Uma editora do grupo LeYa]</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">Rua Desembagador Paulo Passaláqua, 86</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><span class="Regular">01248-010 – Pacaembu – São Paulo – SP</span></p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <p class="texto-ficha-tecnica"><a href="http://www.leya.com"><span class="Regular">www.leya.com</span></a></p>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "</body>" & @CRLF & _ "</html>" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYFULLMATCH) ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($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