import Foundation
// WARNING: You included a flag that Swift doesn't support: U
// When this flag is set, it inverts the "greediness" of the quantifiers so that they are not greedy by default, but become greedy if followed by '?'.
// As an alternative, this effect can also be achieved by setting a (?U) modifier setting within the pattern or by a question mark behind a quantifier (e.g. .*?).
let pattern = #"(?:(?P<inverted>\!) )?(?P<names>\-{1,2}\S+)($| (?P<values>.+(?=(?: [\!|\-])|$)))"#
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern)
let testString = #"""
-a val1 ! -b val2 --custom "string with crazy -a --test stuff inside" --param-with-dash val1 val2 -c ! -d ! --test
"""#
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