Regular Expressions 101

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  • All 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

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import Foundation let pattern = ##"(youtu.*be.*)\/(watch\?v=|embed\/|v|shorts|)(.*?((?=[&#?])))"## let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = ##""" <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index <br><br>https://youtube.com/shorts/0dPkkQeRwTI</p><h2>Para</h2> <p>http://www.youtube.com/user/IngridMichaelsonVEVO#p/a/u/1/QdK8U-VIH_o</p><p>Para</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0</p><p>Para</p> <p><br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s</p><p>Para</p> <p>Check out my youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/embed/0zM3nApSvMg?rel=0</p><p>Para</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg</p><p>Para</p> <p><br>http://youtu.be/0zM3nApSvMg</p><p>Para</p> <div>https://youtube.com/shorts/0dPkkQeRwTI?feature=share</div> <p>https://youtube.com/shorts/0dPkkQeRwTI</p><p>Para</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dPkkQeRwTI&amp;ab_channel=RelaxedChan</p><p>Para</p> """## let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) let substitutionString = #"<iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/$3" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>"# 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