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

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import Foundation let pattern = #"\((\d+),\s*?((?:'[^']*?',\s*?)+)\s*?'([^']*?)',\s*?'([^']*?)'\)"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" INSERT INTO `dle_post` (`id`, `short_story`, `full_story`, `title`, `descr`, `category`, `alt_name`, `editdate`) VALUES (39, '<p><!--dle_image_begin:http://site.ru/uploads/posts/2011-01/1294417051_220px-taisha-abelar-01.jpg|left--><img src="http://site.ru/uploads/posts/2011-01/1294417051_220px-taisha-abelar-01.jpg" align="left" alt="Лекция Тайши Абеляр (1994г.)" title="Лекция Тайши Абеляр (1994г.)" /><!--dle_image_end--><br /><br />Каждый из нас может \\"видеть\\" энергию, прямо сейчас, но вы более не осознаете это. Младенцы, в противоположность нам, воспринимают энергию напрямую. Однако когда они становятся старше, \\"Проводник\\" вводит их в мир обычной реальности. Вместо наблюдения аморфной энергии, ребенок однажды сведет ее конфигурации в... таблицу. Игрушку. Собаку. Дерево. Каждое такое преобразование приходит от Проводника.</p>', 'full_story (Дохрена текста с разнообразными символа и прочим)', 'title', 'descr', '194', 'lekciya-tayshi-abelyar-1994g', '1401365620'), """# let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) let substitutionString = #"\($1, $2 '$1-$3.html', $4\)"# 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