Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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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
  • 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

Regular Expression
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/
/
g

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import Foundation let pattern = #"CR.DITO\s*TUSD\s*KW\s*\-\s*APCEI\s*\-\s*N\s*CONS[A-Z.]*\s*\d{2}\/\d{4}\s*(?<VlrDNUtilCred>[0-9.-]+\,?\d*)"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) let testString = #""" Junho 2019 0606 DEBITO TUSD KW - APCEI 04/2019 65,16 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 DEB. DA TUSD KW-APCEI- N CONS. 04/2019 1,73 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 CREDITO DA TUSD KW - APCEI 06/2019 -22.034,82 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 CREDITO TUSD KW-APCEI -N CONS. 06/2019 -238,64 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 Janeiro 2020 0606 DEBITO TUSD KW - APCEI 11/2019 50,85 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 DEB. DA TUSD KW-APCEI- N CONS. 11/2019 0,92 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 CREDITO DA TUSD KW - APCEI 01/2020 -22.514,07 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 CREDITO TUSD KW-APCEI -N CONS. 01/2020 -404,71 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 Abril 2020 0606 DÉBITO TUSD KW-APCEI 02/2020 102,86 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 DÉBITO TUSD KW-APCEI - N CONSUMIDA 02/2020 0,92 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 CREDITO TUSD KW-APCEI 04/2020 -23.968,26 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0606 CREDITO TUSD KW-APCEI - N CONSUMIDA 02/2020 -0,92 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0601 Substituição Tributária - Crédito 378.862,670 0,248265 94.058,22 94.058,22 32 30.098,63 0,00 0,00 0,00 0906 Substituição Tributária - Débito 378.862,670 0,248265 -63.959,60 0,00 0 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 """# 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