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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 = ##"^(http:\/\/|https:\/\/)?(www\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]+(:\d+)?(\/[a-zA-Z\d\.\-_]*)*[a-zA-Z.!@#$%&=-_'":,.?\d*)(]*$"## let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" http://preview.ynot.com:80/cgibin/nd_CGI-50.cgi/YnotPhoenix/CFsMain https://the-parrot-lands.com/ewefwe/fwefwe/jljlk%hkuj http://twas.brillig.and.the.slithy.toves. http://csrpathway.com https://google.com https://google.com:8080/ parrotlands.com/ http://www.google.com/aa http://www.google.com https://regex101.info http://a.com:8080/asdfas.php?as=3729&asd=df&a=*)fw3287&asdf=223 101_regix.com/aaa/ t.me/anhnch ig.me/aa/33/22/332833/adasd/eoe/owerw.php ww.com/index.php?asd=339298 http://art.com/artgallery/default.asp?sid=9DF4BC0580DF11D3ACB60090271E26A8&command=freelist http://www.drugemporium.com/cec/cstage?eccookie=@eccookie@&ecaction=de_ecwalkin&template=de_walkin.en.htm http://www.sfgate.com/cgibin/srch_archive/dropdn_srch.cgi?template=templates2Ftypes2Ffood2Ffd_ddstemplate.shtml&item=templates%2Ftypes%2Ffood%2Ffd_ddsitem.txt&subject=RESTAURANTS%2BAND%2BREVIEW&keyword=shrimp&datesearch=366&year= """# 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