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

Regular Expression
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/
/
g

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Generated Code

import Foundation let pattern = #"(\${1,2})[^]*?[^\\]\1|[^\$]+"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) let testString = #""" some text outside $ \$2+\$ $ which includes $\$$ Now some $${}$$ $\{\}$inline mathjax $2+2$ And in new lines $$ 2+2 $$ $ 2+2\\ 3+3\\ 4+4\\ $ more inline $2+2\$ \$2+2$ $2+2$, $3+4$ separated $2+2$ by some text $ 2+2 $ again double newlines $2+2$ $2+2$ Dollar again $ \$42 $ $$ \$42 $$ $$ \frac{4}{2}+ \frac{4}{2} $$ And some more tests: \> a) $\dr{1}{2}+\left(\dr23-\dr34\right)$<<< \> b) $\dr{1}{5}+\left(\dr23-\dr12\right)$<<< \> c) $\dr{1}{2}+\left(\dr{3}{4}-\dr32\right)$<<< \> d) $\left(\dr{3}{10}-\dr{5}{2}\right)+\dr7{20}$<<< \> e) $\dr{2}{3}+\left(\dr{3}{2}-\dr14\right)$<<< \> f) $\left(\dr{14}{5}-\dr7{10}\right)+\dr{11}{10}$.<<< $$ a^{\rr mn}=\sq[n]{a^m}. $$ $$ \begin{align} &a^x\cdot a^y=a^{x+y}\\ &\dr{a^x}{a^y}=a^{x-y}\\ &(a^x)^y=a^{xy}\\ &(ab)^x=a^xb^x\\ &\left(\dr ab\right)^x=\dr{a^x}{b^x}. \end{align} $$ $$ \sq[4]{5\sq5}=(5\sq5)^{\rr14}=(5\.5^{\rr12})^{\rr14}= (5^{1+\rr12})^{\rr14}=(5^{\rr32})^{\rr14}=5^{\rr38}. $$ Hope that's it. """# 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