Regular expression listing all possibilities

Question

Given a regular expression, how can I list all possible matches? For example: AB[CD]1234, I want it to return a list like: ABC1234 ABD1234

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Answer 1

It may be possible to find some code to list all possible matches for something as simple as you are doing. But most regular expressions you would not even want to attempt listing all possible matches.

For example AB.*1234 would be AB followed by absolutely anything and then 1234.