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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

Regular Expression
No Match

r"
"
xu

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?xu) (?: \A | (?<= [\s\xA0\(\[\{]))" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " (?P<MODEL>" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " [A-ZА-Я]{4,6} (?! [\s\xA0] )" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " (?! (?: D-Link | D-LINK | Asus | ASUS | USB ) [\s\xA0] )" & @CRLF & _ " [A-ZА-Я]{1,4} (?: \d [A-ZА-Я\d]{0,4} )?" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " \d{2,5} (?= [\-/] )" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " (?! \s\d{1,2} - (?: Port | PORT ) )" & @CRLF & _ " [\s\xA0\-/\.]" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " \d{1,4} [A-ZА-Я\d]{0,4}" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " [A-ZА-Я]{1,4} [\-/]? \d{1,4} \w{0,8}" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " [A-ZА-Я] \w{3,6}" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ " (?: [\-/] [A-ZА-Я\d]{1,3} )?" & @CRLF & _ " ){1,4}" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " \d{1,4}" & @CRLF & _ " (?! [\s\xA0] USB [\s\xA0] )" & @CRLF & _ " [\s\xA0]?" & @CRLF & _ " (?! [kкKК]? (?: [WВAА] | В[Тт] | W[Tt] | Ватт | Watts? | Амп | Amp | Ампер | Ampers? ) \b )" & @CRLF & _ " [A-ZА-Я] [A-ZА-Я\d]{0,5}" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " [A-ZА-Я]{1,4} \d [A-ZА-Я\d]{0,10}" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " (?:" & @CRLF & _ " [\-/] \w{1,6} (?: [\-/] \d{1,3} )?" & @CRLF & _ " |" & @CRLF & _ " (?: [\s\x0A] [A-ZА-Я\d]{1,5} (?: [\-/] [A-ZА-Я\d]{1,5} ){0,2} ){1,3}" & @CRLF & _ " )?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " (?: \+ | [\s\xA0] (?: Plus | PLUS | Плюс | ПЛЮС) )?" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " (?: [\s\xA0]? \( [A-ZА-Я\d\-/]{1,18} \) )?" & @CRLF & _ " )" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " (?= \Z | [\s\xA0,\.\)\}\]] | (?<= \) ) [:;\-/] )" & @CRLF & _ "" Local $sString = "Автомагнитола ALPINE CDE-100EUB Код товара: 1298, Производитель: ALPINE, раздел: Автомагнитолы, модель: ALPINE CDE-100EUB" 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