Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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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 = #"^DETAIL:\s*+Key[^\(]++\((.+)\)[^\(]+\(([^\)]+)\) already exists"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" ERROR: null value in column "active" violates not-null constraint DETAIL: Failing row contains (2018-08-16 14:23:52.214591+00, 2018-08-16 14:23:52.214591+00, null, 6f6d1bc9-c47e-46f8-b220-dae49bd58090, bf24d26e-4871-4335-9f18-83c5a52f1b3a, Some Product-a1c03dde-2de9-401c-92d5-5c1500908984, {"de_DE": "Fugit tempore voluptas quos est vitae.", "en_GB": "Qu..., {"de_DE": "Fuga reprehenderit nobis reprehenderit natus magni es..., {"de_DE": "Fuga provident dolorum. Corrupti sunt in tempore quae..., my-product-53077578, SKU-53075778, 600, 4300dc25-04e2-4193-94c0-8ee97b636739, 52553d24-6d1c-4ce6-89f9-4ad765599040, null, 38089c3c-423f-430c-b211-ab7a57dbcc13, 7d7dc30e-b06b-48b7-b674-26d4f705583b, null, {}, 0, null, 9980, 100, 1, 5). """# 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