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I've been playing with this for waay too long (5+ hours). Google & RegexBuddy haven't helped me yet, so I'm hoping someone with a bit of Regex experience with AutoIt syntax can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I need to match up to 5 (at least two) sets of up-to 5 digits, seperated by periods (12345.12345.12345.12345.12345) - software version numbers.

I can only get the first two sets to return with what I have below. For this particular test, the result I'm expecting is "3.03.1366" but I can only get "3.03" to return. (I've got my error handling function commented out here so you can just copy/paste and run the script with nothing more).

GetUpdates("CCleaner")
Func GetUpdates($token)
#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.filehippo.com/search?q=" & $token, 0, 0)
$SiteText = _IEBodyReadText($oIE)
;~ If @error = 1 Then ErrorHandler(2) ElseIf @error = 2 Then ErrorHandler(3) EndIf
$AnyFound = StringRegExp($SiteText, $token & "\s([0-9]{1,5}[.][0-9]{1,5})([.]?[0-9]{1,5})([.]?[0-9]{1,5})([.]?[0-9]{1,5})([.]?[0-9]{1,5})",1)
If isArray($AnyFound) Then
MsgBox(0, "Latest CCLeaner Version", $AnyFound[0])
Else
;~ ErrorHandler(2)
EndIf
_IEQuit ($oIE)
EndFunc

Driving me insane!

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Does this work better?

#include <IE.au3>

GetUpdates("CCleaner")

Func GetUpdates($token)
    $oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.filehippo.com/search?q=" & $token, 0, 0)
    $SiteText = _IEBodyReadText($oIE)
    ;~ If @error = 1 Then ErrorHandler(2) ElseIf @error = 2 Then ErrorHandler(3) EndIf
    ConsoleWrite($SiteText & @LF)
    $AnyFound = StringRegExp($SiteText, $token & "\s?((?:\d{1,5})(?:\.\d{1,5}){1,4})",1)
    If isArray($AnyFound) Then
        MsgBox(0, "Latest CCLeaner Version", $AnyFound[0])
    Else
        ;~ ErrorHandler(2)
    EndIf
    _IEQuit ($oIE)
EndFunc

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Does this work better?

#include <IE.au3>

GetUpdates("CCleaner")

Func GetUpdates($token)
    $oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.filehippo.com/search?q=" & $token, 0, 0)
    $SiteText = _IEBodyReadText($oIE)
    ;~ If @error = 1 Then ErrorHandler(2) ElseIf @error = 2 Then ErrorHandler(3) EndIf
    ConsoleWrite($SiteText & @LF)
    $AnyFound = StringRegExp($SiteText, $token & "\s?((?:\d{1,5})(?:\.\d{1,5}){1,4})",1)
    If isArray($AnyFound) Then
        MsgBox(0, "Latest CCLeaner Version", $AnyFound[0])
    Else
        ;~ ErrorHandler(2)
    EndIf
    _IEQuit ($oIE)
EndFunc

Exactly what I was looking for... now, I need to do some serious studies on regex. Thanks!

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You see I've been loosing my hair with regexps a little before you, but it's your turn now :)

This wonderful site allows debugging and testing regular expressions (many flavors available). An absolute must have in your bookmarks.
Another excellent RegExp tutorial. Don't forget downloading your copy of up-to-date pcretest.exe and pcregrep.exe here
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PCRE v8.33 regexp documentation latest available release and currently implemented in AutoIt beta.

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A work-in-progress SQLite3 tutorial. Don't miss other LxyzTHW pages!
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jchd gave you what I think is the best expression to do what you want but I would have made a simple change to allow for case insensitive in the event someone enters ccleaner or CCLEANER or Ccleaner &etc.

Also remember you could do it with StringRegExpReplace()

To add case insensitive to the expression by jchd just change

$token & "\s?((?:\d{1,5})(?:\.\d{1,5}){1,4})"
to

"(?i)" & $token & "\s?((?:\d{1,5})(?:\.\d{1,5}){1,4})"

$sVersion = StringRegExpReplace($SiteText, "(?is).*ccleaner\s?((?:\d{1,5})(?:\.\d{1,5}){1,4}).*", "$1")
If @Extended Then
   MsgBox(0, "Latest CCLeaner Version", $sVersion)
Else
    ;~ ErrorHandler(2)
EndIf
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You're right George. I knew you lost your hair as well but this proves you didn't loose your brain like I did.

More seriously and more toward OP problem, there may be software around having versions numbers using alpha as well, like 3.5.9a in which case a more subtle approach is needed. OTOH I didn't notice such weird numbering in any recent product.

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Another excellent RegExp tutorial. Don't forget downloading your copy of up-to-date pcretest.exe and pcregrep.exe here
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PCRE v8.33 regexp documentation latest available release and currently implemented in AutoIt beta.

SQLitespeed is another feature-rich premier SQLite manager (includes import/export). Well worth a try.
SQLite Expert (freeware Personal Edition or payware Pro version) is a very useful SQLite database manager.
An excellent eBook covering almost every aspect of SQLite3: a must-read for anyone doing serious work.
SQL tutorial (covers "generic" SQL, but most of it applies to SQLite as well)
A work-in-progress SQLite3 tutorial. Don't miss other LxyzTHW pages!
SQLite official website with full documentation (may be newer than the SQLite library that comes standard with AutoIt)

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Right you are although like you I haven't seen anyone using alpha in the version string for quite a while now. Without testing it I don't think a-z would be too much of a problem anyway since we know from experience it is always the last character in the version and in the page the OP is using there is always a space (\h or \v) following the version.

George

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