Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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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r"
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import Foundation let pattern = #"^(\(?([\d \-\)\–\+\/\(.]+){5}\)?([ .\-–\/]?)([\d]+))$"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = ##""" US (North American) Phone Numbers 1-800-123-4567 (123)456-7890 1234567890 123-456-7890 123.456.7890 123 456 7890 (123) 456 7890 UK Phone Numbers +447222555555 +44 7222 555 555 (0722) 5555555 #2222 French Phone Numbers 0123456789 01 23 45 67 89 01.23.45.67.89 0123 45.67.89 0033 123-456-789 +33-1.23.45.67.89 +33 – 123 456 789 +33(0) 123 456 789 +33 (0)123 45 67 89 +33 (0)1 2345-6789 +33(0) – 123456789 German Phone Numbers (06442) 3933023 (02852) 5996-0 (042) 1818 87 9919 06442 / 3893023 06442 / 38 93 02 3 06442/3839023 042/ 88 17 890 0 +49 221 549144 – 79 +49 221 – 542194 79 +49 (221) – 542944 79 0 52 22 – 9 50 93 10 +49(0)121-79536 – 77 +49(0)2221-39938-113 +49 (0) 1739 906-44 +49 (173) 1799 806-44 0214154914479 02141 54 91 44 79 01517953677 +491517953677 015777953677 02162 – 54 91 44 79 (02162) 54 91 44 79 Chinese Phone Numbers 0936-4211235 89076543 010-12345678-1234 Chinese Mobile Phone Numbers 008618311006933 +8617888829981 1911925564 India Phone Numbers 03595-259506 03592 245902 03598245785 9775876662 0 9754845789 0-9778545896 +91 9456211568 91 9857842356 919578965389 Brazilian Phone Numbers (12) 123 1234 (01512) 123 1234 (0xx12) 1234 1234 Australian Phone Numbers 0732105432 1300333444 131313 Dutch Phone Numbers +31235256677 +31(0)235256677 023-5256677 Sweden Phone Numbers +46 8 123 456 78 08-123 456 78 0123-456 78 thx to https://regexpattern.com/phone-number/ """## 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