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 = ##"(?:[a-z]{3,9}:\/\/?[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+?[a-z0-9\.\-]+|[\/a-z0-9]+\.|[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[a-z0-9\.\-]+(?:(?:\/[\+~%\/\.\w\-_]*)?\??[\-\+=&;%@\.\w_]*#?[\.\!\/\\\w]*)?"## let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .caseInsensitive) let testString = ##"[PT]Consult&#243;rio de dentista equipado e pronto //sssss.ssss.sss a funcionar.<br />Com la/borat&#243;rio, sala de espera, escrit&#243;rio e wc.<br />Alarme instalado. Sistema de som interligado para todas as divis&#245;es.<br />Pr&#233;dio com porteiro.<br />2 minutos (a p&#233;) da esta&#231;&#227;o de metro da Trindade.<br /><br />Fotos 360&#186;:<br /><br />Consult&#243;rio + Laborat&#243;rio<br />https://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=f0e5b9db-fdec-4e50-9a83-69d7c2bc44e7<br /><br />Escrit&#243;rio<br />https://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=da4c64fe-c4cf-45f5-8bf9-ff62d369e98a<br /><br />Sala de espera<br />https://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=b631fd55-f7e7-41b3-a9a2-2f687dffeec8[/PT][EN]Consult&#243;rio + Laborat&#243;rio<br />http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=f0e5b9db-fdec-4e50-9a83-69d7c2bc44e7[/EN][FR]Consult&#243;rio + Laborat&#243;rio<br />www.photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=f0e5b9db-fdec-4e50-9a83-69d7c2bc44e7[/FR]"## let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) let substitutionString = #"(url)$U"# let result = regex.stringByReplacingMatches(in: testString, range: stringRange, withTemplate: substitutionString) 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