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  • Common Tokens
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  • Substitution
  • 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 = "(?x)\A\s*" & @CRLF & _ "(?: #########################################################################" & @CRLF & _ " # Option A: [<Addition to address 1>] <House number> <Street name> #" & @CRLF & _ " # [<Addition to address 2>] #" & @CRLF & _ " #########################################################################" & @CRLF & _ " (?:(?P<A_Addition_to_address_1>.*?),\s*)? # Addition to address 1" & @CRLF & _ "(?:No\.\s*)?" & @CRLF & _ " (?P<A_House_number_1>\pN+[a-zA-Z]?(?:\s*[-\/\pP]\s*\pN+[a-zA-Z]?)*) # House number" & @CRLF & _ "\s*,?\s*" & @CRLF & _ " (?P<A_Street_name_1>(?:[a-zA-Z]\s*|\pN\pL{2,}\s\pL)\S[^,#]*?(?<!\s)) # Street name" & @CRLF & _ "\s*(?:(?:[,\/]|(?=\#))\s*(?!\s*No\.)" & @CRLF & _ " (?P<A_Addition_to_address_2>(?!\s).*?))? # Addition to address 2" & @CRLF & _ "| #########################################################################" & @CRLF & _ " # Option B: [<Addition to address 1>] <Street name> <House number> #" & @CRLF & _ " # [<Addition to address 2>] #" & @CRLF & _ " #########################################################################" & @CRLF & _ " (?:(?P<B_Addition_to_address_1>.*?),\s*(?=.*[,\/]))? # Addition to address 1" & @CRLF & _ " (?!\s*No\.)(?P<B_Street_name>\S\s*\S(?:[^,#](?!\b\pN+\s))*?(?<!\s)) # Street name" & @CRLF & _ "\s*[\/,]?\s*(?:\sNo\.)?\s+" & @CRLF & _ " (?P<B_House_number>\pN+\s*-?[a-zA-Z]?(?:\s*[-\/\pP]?\s*\pN+(?:\s*[\-a-zA-Z])?)*|[IVXLCDM]+(?!.*\b\pN+\b))(?<!\s) # House number" & @CRLF & _ "\s*(?:(?:[,\/]|(?=\#)|\s)\s*(?!\s*No\.)\s*" & @CRLF & _ " (?P<B_Addition_to_address_2>(?!\s).*?))? # Addition to address 2" & @CRLF & _ ")" & @CRLF & _ "\s*\Z" Local $sString = "Corso XXII Marzo 69" 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