Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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  • 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 = #"(SSESS.*)=(.+?);\s*path"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" { server: 'nginx/1.21.0', date: 'Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:34:20 GMT', 'content-type': 'text/html; charset=UTF-8', 'transfer-encoding': 'chunked', 'x-powered-by': 'PHP/7.4.16', expires: 'Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT', 'cache-control': 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, private, post-check=0, pre-check=0', 'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff', 'content-security-policy': "frame-ancestors 'self';", 'set-cookie': [ 'SSESS8b04132f4690dc8ceb7837d5134a5519=ZbgVsmpp6DBRWwNCRMm5DTpfEoKffsNM7l8ILoCWkug; path=/; domain=test.net; secure; HttpOnly', 'su=1; expires=Thu, 22-Apr-2032 11:34:20 GMT; Max-Age=315360000; path=/; domain=test.net', 'lt=deleted; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; Max-Age=0; path=/; test.net', 'dtCookie=v_4_srv_10_sn_6364C36040ADFF47B91A838BB8B2CADD_perc_100000_ol_0_mul_1_app-3Aea7c4b59f27d43eb_1; Path=/; Domain=test.net', '870be6fb89fc78ad2ca0eca3828e3019=7055c78f3c2b7311a5c77934caad6939; path=/; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=None' ], 'x-oneagent-js-injection': 'true', 'x-ruxit-js-agent': 'true', 'server-timing': 'dtSInfo;desc="0", dtRpid;desc="493206686"', connection: 'close' } """# 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