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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 = #"[a-z0-9]{64}=(~|\^|\||&|[A-z0-9]{64})"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" a34cffe6a40e642fb7a4c101516ea0ed06eaef08c096c7f96656ca7913debc03=a34cffe6a40e642fb7a4c101516ea0ed06eaef08c096c7f96656ca7913debc03^a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf a34cffe6a40e642fb7a4c101516ea0ed06eaef08c096c7f96656ca7913debc03=~a34cffe6a40e642fb7a4c101516ea0ed06eaef08c096c7f96656ca7913debc03 a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00=~(a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00&a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00) a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf=~a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00=a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00|a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00 a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549=a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549^a34cffe6a40e642fb7a4c101516ea0ed06eaef08c096c7f96656ca7913debc03 a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549=a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549&a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00 a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00=a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00&a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549 a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00=~(a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00&a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00) a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549=~(a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549&a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549) a34cffe6a40e642fb7a4c101516ea0ed06eaef08c096c7f96656ca7913debc03=a34cffe6a40e642fb7a4c101516ea0ed06eaef08c096c7f96656ca7913debc03|a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00 a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf=a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf&a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549 a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00=a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00&a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00 a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549=~(a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549&a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549) a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf=a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf^a34cffe6a40e642fb7a4c101516ea0ed06eaef08c096c7f96656ca7913debc03 a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549=a68d927e52e91be7d0491dc2b9d078a5e41fb6e8fdb26e1c969557e041eb1549^a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00 a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00=~(a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00&a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf) a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00=a18e9f89e839061e45c759ab01c2b5a56ad84d01b2e68830f070581d56214f00|a16cb280d0c47675ef1983a69f9fadd2f6f304f7a78b329ed934868ae97d59bf """# 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