Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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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import Foundation let pattern = #"^NEM.[A-Z0-9]{3}.[A-Z0-9]{3,6}.[0-9]{3}.[0-9]{1,3}$"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" NEM.ESB.IPAB.400.001 NEM.ESB.IPAB.400.003 NEM.ESB.TST.400.1 NEM.BPM.TST.400.1 NEM.ESB.TSTTST.400.1 NEM.BPM.TSTTST.400.1 NEM.ESB.TST.400.001 NEM.BPM.TST.400.001 NEM.ESB.TSTTST.400.001 NEM.BPM.TSTTST.400.001 NEM.ESB.AAA.000.000 NEM.BPM.AAA.000.000 NEM.ESB.AAAAAA.000.000 NEM.BPM.AAAAAA.000.000 NEM.ESB.ZZZ.999.999 NEM.BPM.ZZZ.999.999 NEM.ESB.ZZZZZZ.999.999 NEM.BPM.ZZZZZZ.999.999 ANEM.ESB.TST.400.1 AEM.BPM.TST.400.1 AEM.ESB.TSTTST.400.1 AEM.BPM.TSTTST.400.1 AEM.ESB.TST.400.001 AEM.BPM.TST.400.001 AEM.ESB.TSTTST.400.001 AEM.BPM.TSTTST.400.001 AEM.ESB.AAA.000.000 AEM.BPM.AAA.000.000 AEM.ESB.AAAAAA.000.000 AEM.BPM.AAAAAA.000.000 AEM.ESB.ZZZ.999.999 AEM.BPM.ZZZ.999.999 AEM.ESB.ZZZZZZ.999.999 AEM.BPM.ZZZZZZ.999.999 """# let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) let matches = regex.matches(in: testString, range: stringRange) var result: [[String]] = [] for match in matches { var groups: [String] = [] for rangeIndex in 1 ..< match.numberOfRanges { let nsRange = match.range(at: rangeIndex) guard !NSEqualRanges(nsRange, NSMakeRange(NSNotFound, 0)) else { continue } let string = (testString as NSString).substring(with: nsRange) groups.append(string) } if !groups.isEmpty { result.append(groups) } } print(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 Swift 5.2, please visit: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsregularexpression