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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • 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 = #"([+]\d{1,2}|(00)\d{2,4}|\d{2})( [(]\d{1,3}[)])?[-. \/]?\d{2,6}?[-. \/]?\d{2,15}([-. \/]{1,3}\d{1,5}){0,4}"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: [.anchorsMatchLines, .dotMatchesLineSeparators]) let testString = #""" +49 40 123456-0 +49 40 123456 -0 +49 40 123456- 0 0049 40 123456-0 49 40 3339760 +49 151 1234 56 78 +49 40123456 - 282 +49 40 123 456 -282 0049 40 123 456 -282 +49 40 123456 - 282 +49 (0)40 123456-282 +49 (0) 40 123456 -282 +49 (0) 40 12 34 56 -282 0049 (0) 40 123456 -282 49 (0) 40 123456 -282 +4940123456282 0049401234560 +1-234-567-8901 +61-234-567-89-01 +46-234 5678901 +1 (234) 56 89 901 +1 (234) 56-89 901 +46.234.567.8901 +1/234/567/8901 Wenn man mich fragen würde, ob ich unter der +49 40 123456 282 erreichbar bin, würde ich sagen. "JA" """# 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