Regular Expressions 101

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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 = #"\n(?=[^"]+?"\s*$)"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" ability,n. 能力，能耐；才能 able,adj. 能； 有能力的；能干的 about,"prep. 关于；大约 n. 大致；粗枝大叶；不拘小节的人 adj. 在附近的；四处走动的；在起作用的 adv. 大约；周围；到处" above,"prep. 超过；在……上面；在……之上 n. 上文 adj. 上文的 adv. 在上面；在上文" accident,n. 事故；意外； 意外事件；机遇 accurate,adj. 精确的 ache,"n. 疼痛 vi. 疼痛；渴望" activity,n. 活动；行动；活跃 actor,n. 男演员；行动者；作用物 actress,n. 女演员 actually,adv. 实际上；事实上 """# let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) let substitutionString = #" "# let result = regex.stringByReplacingMatches(in: testString, range: stringRange, withTemplate: substitutionString) 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