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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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 = #"(?:\b(?P<month>0?[1-9]|0?1[012])[\/-](?P<day>0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[\/-](?P<year>\d{2,4})\b)|(?:(?P<month1>0?[1-9]|1[012])[\/](?P<year1>\d{4})\b)|(?:\b(?P<month2>Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)[a-z]{0,6}[. \/-]+(?P<day2>0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])(?:th|st|nd)?[ ,\/-]+(?P<year2>\d{2,4})\b)|(?:\b(?P<day3>0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[ ,\/-]+(?P<month3>Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)[a-z]{0,6}[,. \/-]+(?P<year3>\d{2,4})\b)|(?:(?P<month4>Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)[a-z]{0,6}[,. \/-]+(?P<year4>\d{2,4})\b)|(?:(?P<year5>[12]\d{3})\b)"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" 04/20/2009; 04/20/09; 4/20/09; 4/3/09 Mar-20-2009; Mar 20, 2009; March 20, 2009; Mar. 20, 2009; Mar 20 2009; 20 Mar 2009; 20 March 2009; 20 Mar. 2009; 20 March, 2009 Mar 20th, 2009; Mar 21st, 2009; Mar 22nd, 2009 Feb 2009; Sep 2009; Oct 2010 6/2008; 12/2009 2009; 2010 011/14/83 16/22 9/22 r1978 n4/2004 e12/2007 08-810-7787 pOct 2015 Janaury 1993 Married to husband for 50+ years 0 03/25/93 Total time of visit (in minutes):\n 1 6/18/85 Primary Care Doctor:\n 2 sshe plans to move as of 7/8/71 In-Home Servic... 3 7 on 9/27/75 Audit C Score Current:\n 4 2/6/96 sleep studyPain Treatment Pain Level (N... 5 .Per 7/06/79 Movement D/O note:\n 6 4, 5/18/78 Patient's thoughts about current su... 7 10/24/89 CPT Code: 90801 - Psychiatric Diagnos... 8 3/7/86 SOS-10 Total Score:\n 9 (4/10/71)Score-1Audit C Score Current:\n 10 (5/11/85) Crt-1.96, BUN-26; AST/ALT-16/22; WBC... 11 4/09/75 SOS-10 Total Score:\n 12 8/01/98 Communication with referring physician... 13 1/26/72 Communication with referring physician... 14 5/24/1990 CPT Code: 90792: With medical servic... 15 1/25/2011 CPT Code: 90792: With medical servic... 16 4/12/82 Total time of visit (in minutes):\n 17 1; 10/13/1976 Audit C Score, Highest/Date:\n 18 4, 4/24/98 Relevant Drug History:\n 19 ) 59 yo unemployed w referred by Urgent Care f... 20 7/21/98 Total time of visit (in minutes):\n 21 10/21/79 SOS-10 Total Score:\n 22 3/03/90 CPT Code: 90792: With medical services\n 23 2/11/76 CPT Code: 90792: With medical services\n 24 07/25/1984 CPT Code: 90791: No medical services\n 25 4-13-82 Other Child Mental Health Outcomes Sca... 26 9/22/89 CPT Code: 90792: With medical services\n 27 9/02/76 CPT Code: 90791: No medical services\n 28 9/12/71 [report_end]\n 29 10/24/86 Communication with referring physicia... """# 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