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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

Regular Expression
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Generated Code

import Foundation let pattern = #"(\s{2,})|((?:(?:\/\*(?:[^*]|(?:\*+[^*\/]))*\*+\/)|(?:(?<!\:|\\\|\')\/\/.*)))"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) let testString = ##""" ar $url = window.location.href; $url = $url.toLowerCase().replace(/^(http(s)?\:\/\/)/g, ''), $url = $url.split('/'); var $current_page = $url[$url.length - 1].replace(/(\?.*)?(\#.*)?/g, ''); // Current Page document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { if ($current_page === 'index.html') { if (window.location.hash) { var $current_hash = window.location.hash.substring(1); } else { window.location.hash = ''; } // Ignore the code above, the important part is right below: var $fp_imgs = document.querySelectorAll('img.-homepage-poster'); $fp_imgs.forEach(function($fp_img) { var $imgs = [518966, 518967, 518968, 518969], $rand = Math.floor($imgs.length * Math.random()), $xmhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); var response = function($e) { var $this = this, $url_creator = window.URL || window.webkitURL, $image_url = $url_creator.createObjectURL($this.response); $fp_img.src = $image_url; } $xmhr.open('get', '../imgs/' + $imgs[$rand] + '.jpg', true); $xmhr.responseType = 'blob'; $xmhr.onload = response; $xmhr.send(); }); } }); """## 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