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  • All Tokens
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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 = ##""" (?: ([^";\r\n]*) #1 value without quotes or | \x20* ("(?:[^"]+|"")*") \x20* #2 value inside quotes ) (?: (;) #3 values delimiter or | [\r\n]+ # rows delimiter ) """## let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: [.allowCommentsAndWhitespace, .dotMatchesLineSeparators]) let testString = #""" 501 ; 8300000000000 ; ";Автономный ;"";округ"" ""Ненецкий"";";test1 751;8600800000000; " Автономный округ ""Ханты-Мансийский"", Район Советский" ; 1755;8700300000000;Автономный округ Чукотский, Район Билибинский 1725;7501900000000;Край Забайкальский, Район Петровск-Забайкальский ;; 711;2302100000000;Край Краснодарский, Район Лабинский 729;2401600000000;Край Красноярский, Район Иланский 765;2700700000000;Край Хабаровский, Район Вяземский """# let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) let substitutionString = #"\1\2\x01\3\x02"# 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