Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

Regular Expression
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r"
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mg

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import Foundation let pattern = #"((\+|\+\s|\d{1}\s?|\()(\d\)?\s?[-\.\s\(]??){8,}\d{1}|\d{3}[-\.\s]??\d{3}[-\.\s]??\d{4}|\(\d{3}\)\s*\d{3}[-\.\s]??\d{4}|\d{3}[-\.\s]??\d{4})"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" +61 2 8249 5000 +61 2 6122 5100 +61 2-9407 5247 +65-8233-6124 +61 412 364 923 1300 890 902 0435 569 072 8801911384785 0086-010-58732690 + 852 2118 3893 (852) 2513 3168 (852) 2865-9898 +91-9552503220 +914042024714 +919948298078 +91 22 25094755 0124 4742300 +1 (972)273 0738 08111 90 1859 +62-21-5201214 +62 21 2995 1641 603-4270 2309 +603 7724 1199 +603-77108288 +632 8937377 (65) 6723 6888 +6596233196 +656379 2681 +65 6737 0324 82-70-7791-7100 +82 17 238 1226 82-31-478-4506 +822-6309-6366 (000)000-0000 (000)000 0000 (000)000.0000 (000) 000-0000 (000) 000 0000 (000) 000.0000 0000000000 (000)0000000 (000)000-0000 (000)000 0000 (000)000.0000 (000) 000-0000 (000) 000 0000 (000) 000.0000 000-0000 000 0000 000.0000 0000000 0000000000 (000)0000000 """# 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