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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 = "(?m)^(.*?) = { Hash=(?P<hash>\d*), X=(?P<x>\d*), Y=(?P<y>\d*), Rot=(?P<rot>\d*), Flip=(?P<flip>\d*), Var=(?P<var>\d*) }" Local $sString = "Language = "Traditional Chinese"" & @CRLF & _ "Hideout Name = "藏身處 - 羅雀後街"" & @CRLF & _ "Hideout Hash = 62635" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "倉庫 = { Hash=3230065491, X=265, Y=227, Rot=0, Flip=0, Var=0 }" & @CRLF & _ "公會倉庫 = { Hash=139228481, X=340, Y=231, Rot=15326, Flip=0, Var=0 }" & @CRLF & _ "傳送點 = { Hash=1224707366, X=298, Y=385, Rot=22179, Flip=0, Var=1 }" & @CRLF & _ "工藝台 = { Hash=2059629901, X=308, Y=288, Rot=32768, Flip=0, Var=4 }" & @CRLF & _ "黃金地球儀 = { Hash=2306038834, X=298, Y=227, Rot=0, Flip=0, Var=0 }" & @CRLF & _ "娜瓦莉 = { Hash=693228958, X=322, Y=260, Rot=32768, Flip=0, Var=0 }" & @CRLF & _ "埃哈 = { Hash=2684274993, X=325, Y=191, Rot=34826, Flip=0, Var=0 }" & @CRLF & _ "艾瓦 = { Hash=2115859440, X=265, Y=207, Rot=16384, Flip=0, Var=0 }" & @CRLF & _ "赫蓮娜 = { Hash=845403974, X=314, Y=238, Rot=47093, Flip=0, Var=0 }" 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