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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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/
/
g

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "CR.DITO\s*TUSD\s*KW\s*\-\s*APCEI\s*\-\s*N\s*CONS[A-Z.]*\s*\d{2}\/\d{4}\s*(?<VlrDNUtilCred>[0-9.-]+\,?\d*)" Local $sString = "Junho 2019" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "0606 DEBITO TUSD KW - APCEI 04/2019 65,16 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 DEB. DA TUSD KW-APCEI- N CONS. 04/2019 1,73 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 CREDITO DA TUSD KW - APCEI 06/2019 -22.034,82 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 CREDITO TUSD KW-APCEI -N CONS. 06/2019 -238,64 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Janeiro 2020" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "0606 DEBITO TUSD KW - APCEI 11/2019 50,85 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 DEB. DA TUSD KW-APCEI- N CONS. 11/2019 0,92 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 CREDITO DA TUSD KW - APCEI 01/2020 -22.514,07 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 CREDITO TUSD KW-APCEI -N CONS. 01/2020 -404,71 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "Abril 2020" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "0606 DÉBITO TUSD KW-APCEI 02/2020 102,86 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 DÉBITO TUSD KW-APCEI - N CONSUMIDA 02/2020 0,92 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 CREDITO TUSD KW-APCEI 04/2020 -23.968,26 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0606 CREDITO TUSD KW-APCEI - N CONSUMIDA 02/2020 -0,92 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0601 Substituição Tributária - Crédito 378.862,670 0,248265 94.058,22 94.058,22 32 30.098,63 0,00 0,00 0,00" & @CRLF & _ "0906 Substituição Tributária - Débito 378.862,670 0,248265 -63.959,60 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00" 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