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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 = #"(?s)date_modified(?<date_modified>.*?)internal_id(?<internal_id>.*?)task(?<task>.*?)priority(?<priority>.*?)status(?<status>.*?)task_status(?<task_status>.*?)created(?<created>.*?)assigned(?<assigned>.*?)date_created(?<date_created>.*?)date_started(?<date_started>.*?)date_due(?<date_due>.*?)date_completed(?<date_completed>.*?)bunit(?<bunit>.*?)task_vendor(?<task_vendor>.*?)task_category(?<task_category>.*?)customer(?<customer>.*?)cust_name(?<cust_name>.*?)cust_territory(?<cust_territory>.*?)contact(?<contact>.*?)time_date(?<time_date>.*?)time_duration(?<time_duration>.*?)comment(?<comment>.*?)opportunity(?<opportunity>.*?)opp_status(?<opp_status>.*?)opp_engineer(?<opp_engineer>.*?)transaction(?<transaction>.*?)yeg_id(?<yeg_id>.*?)Recent Changes"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" date_modified21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PMinternal_id313017task2nd Year Annual billing pricing -34515priorityMediumstatusCompletedtask_statusAllocatedcreated Bernadine PereraassignedBernadine Pereradate_created21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PM date_started21-DECEMBER-2020date_due21-DECEMBER-2020date_completed 21-DECEMBER-2020bunitOperationstask_vendorSplunktask_categoryOthercustomer cust_namecust_territorycontacttime_datetime_durationcommentopportunityopp_status opp_engineertransaction yeg_idRecent Changes DateSet byContextTypeFieldOld ValueNew Value21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PMBernadine PereraUISetStart Date21-DECEMBER-2020 12:00 Utc21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PM Bernadine PereraUISetOwnerBernadine Perera21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PMBernadine PereraUISetAssignedBernadine Perera21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PMBernadine PereraUI SetBusiness UnitOperations21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PMBernadine PereraUISetTask CategoryOther21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PMBernadine PereraUISetTask StateAllocated 21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PMBernadine PereraUISetTask VendorSplunk21-DECEMBER-2020 12:25 PMBernadine PereraUICreateRecordTASK313017You requested to receive an email alert for this record. Click here to modify your email alerts [https://55349.app.netsuite.com/app/center/userprefs.nl?sc=-29&selectedtab=alerts] """# 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