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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

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import Foundation let pattern = #""name"\:"(.*?)""# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #"{"responseheader":{"status":0,"qtime":0},"initfailures":{},"status":{"alfresco":{"name":"alfresco","instancedir":"/opt/alfresco-search-services/solrhome/alfresco","datadir":"/opt/alfresco-search-services/solrhome//alfresco/","config":"solrconfig.xml","schema":"schema.xml","starttime":"2021-08-19t02:12:04.560z","uptime":8396697412,"index":{"numdocs":6530,"maxdoc":6567,"deleteddocs":37,"indexheapusagebytes":-1,"version":8008,"segmentcount":7,"current":true,"hasdeletions":true,"directory":"org.apache.lucene.store.nrtcachingdirectory:nrtcachingdirectory(mmapdirectory@/opt/alfresco-search-services/solrhome/alfresco/index lockfactory=org.apache.lucene.store.nativefslockfactory@17aaa8c6; maxcachemb=48.0 maxmergesizemb=4.0)","segmentsfile":"segments_16t","segmentsfilesizeinbytes":553,"userdata":{"committimemsec":"1634259620015"},"lastmodified":"2021-10-15t01:00:20.015z","sizeinbytes":7442643,"size":"7.1 mb"}},"archive":{"name":"archive","instancedir":"/opt/alfresco-search-services/solrhome/archive","datadir":"/opt/alfresco-search-services/solrhome//archive/","config":"solrconfig.xml","schema":"schema.xml","starttime":"2021-08-19t02:12:04.556z","uptime":8396697416,"index":{"numdocs":4206,"maxdoc":4218,"deleteddocs":12,"indexheapusagebytes":-1,"version":7901,"segmentcount":6,"current":true,"hasdeletions":true,"directory":"org.apache.lucene.store.nrtcachingdirectory:nrtcachingdirectory(mmapdirectory@/opt/alfresco-search-services/solrhome/archive/index lockfactory=org.apache.lucene.store.nativefslockfactory@17aaa8c6; maxcachemb=48.0 maxmergesizemb=4.0)","segmentsfile":"segments_14m","segmentsfilesizeinbytes":489,"userdata":{"committimemsec":"1634259610017"},"lastmodified":"2021-10-15t01:00:10.017z","sizeinbytes":801540,"size":"782.75 kb"}}}}"# 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