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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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

Regular Expression
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r"
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import Foundation let pattern = #"^(?P<LogTime>[A-Za-z0-9 :]+)\s(?P<Hostname>[a-z0-9.-]+)\s(?:ae_(?P<EnvIdentity>[a-z-]+):)\s(?P<ModuleName>[a-zA-Z._]+)?\s-\s(?P<LogLevel>[A-Z]+)\s-\s(?:\[JID:(gen:)?(?P<TaskId>[a-z0-9-]+)\]\s?)?(?:\[FID:(?P<FieldId>[a-z0-9-]+)\]\s?)?(?:\[Itin:(?P<Itinerary>[A-Za-z0-9]+)(?:->(?P<Step>[A-Z0-9a-z]+))?\]\s?)?(?:\[State:(?P<State>[A-Za-z]+)\]\s?)?(?:alias=(?P<StepAlias>[a-z0-9]+),\s)?(?:runtime_s=\[?(?P<JobRuntimeSeconds>[0-9.]+)\]?\s?)?(?:metadata=(?P<Metadata>{.*}))?$"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #"Oct 30 09:54:06 production-ae-workers-d8c35 ae_env-name: ae.core.manager - INFO - [JID:gen:156364bc-fb25-11e9-8d15-02420af40b07] [FID:dead-f4rm-dead] [Itin:RunFieldForecastHourlyUpdate] [State:Finished] runtime_s=[16.03] metadata={"initiating_event": "hourly", "hourly_timestamp": "2019/10/30/14/00", "timestamp": "2019/10/30/08/00", "pd_meta": {"farm": {"uuid": "dead-beef-dead", "name": "My Farm Name"}, "field": {"uuid": "dead-b00b-dead", "name": "My house"}, "token": "REDACTED", "organization": {"uuid": "dead-f00d-dead", "name": "My Organization"}, "enterprise_group": {"uuid": "dead-gr0up-dead", "name": "My Group"}}, "field_uuid": "dead-f4rm-dead", "token": "REDACTED", "process_cfs": false, "seed_corn": false, "current_cropping": null, "daily_timestamp": "2019/10/30/08/00", "ye_target": "user", "priority": 3}"# 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