FindAll and the correct pattern was the answer

[sergioabreu]

The only needed pattern to match latin characters is

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[\xc2\xc3][\x80-\xbf]

With no "()" neither "+" neither "?"

The work I wanted to be done is made by findall FUNCTION. findAll is static so you don't need to create a new instance.

Here is a complete view:

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Dim res as String[]
Dim s, source, patt as String

source =  "1aâ £oç õ § é Á Êüç x"  'Contains 10 latin chars mixed with ascii
patt = "[\xc2\xc3][\x80-\xbf]" 

res = RegExp.findAll( source,  patt )

For i = 0 To res.Count - 1
   Print i;; res[i];; Len(res[i]);; String.Len(res[i])
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