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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
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r"
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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 $sRegex = "(?im)^((gir *0aa)|((((?![qvx])[a-z][a-hk-y]?[0-9][0-9]?)|(((?![qvx])[a-z][0-9][a-hjkstuw])|((?![qvx])[a-z][a-hk-y][0-9][abehmnprvwxy]))) *([0-9](?![cikmov])[a-z]{2}))|(((?![qvx])[a-z][a-hk-y]?[0-9][0-9]?)|((?![qvx])[a-z][0-9][a-hjkstuw])|((?![qvx])[a-z][a-hk-y][0-9][abehmnprvwxy])))$" Local $sString = "GIR 0AA" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "W1 6LS" & @CRLF & _ "N1C 4UQ" & @CRLF & _ "N17 6LA" & @CRLF & _ "SW8 1UQ" & @CRLF & _ "CW3 9SS" & @CRLF & _ "SE5 0EG" & @CRLF & _ "WC2H 7LT" & @CRLF & _ "WC1N 2PL" & @CRLF & _ "HU12 0AR" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "N1C4UQ" & @CRLF & _ "N176LA" & @CRLF & _ "SW81UQ" & @CRLF & _ "CW39SS" & @CRLF & _ "SE50EG" & @CRLF & _ "WC2H7LT" & @CRLF & _ "WC1N2PL" & @CRLF & _ "HU120AR" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "W1" & @CRLF & _ "N1C" & @CRLF & _ "N17" & @CRLF & _ "SW8" & @CRLF & _ "CW3" & @CRLF & _ "SE5" & @CRLF & _ "WC2H" & @CRLF & _ "WC1N" & @CRLF & _ "HU12" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "QA12" & @CRLF & _ "AJ12" & @CRLF & _ "Q1A" & @CRLF & _ "A1V" & @CRLF & _ "QA1N" & @CRLF & _ "AZ1N" & @CRLF & _ "AB1Z" 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