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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • 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 = #"^.*?Dropping SNMP request from 10\.57\.0\.42.*to outside.*$|^.*?Source=VLAN1108_10\.57\.98\.(238|239).*Destination=VLAN406_10\.57\.227\.(51|52).*rule_name=NetBackup Access.*$"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" <Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='AD FS' Guid='{2ffb687a-1571-4ace-8550-47ab5ccae2bc}'/><EventID>325</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>Error</Level><Task>None</Task><Opcode>Info</Opcode><Keywords>AD FS</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2019-06-04T12:20:06.108450100Z'/><EventRecordID>4031017</EventRecordID><Correlation ActivityID='{00000000-0000-0000-2d5d-0080000000cd}'/><Execution ProcessID='3760' ThreadID='6728'/><Channel>AD FS/Admin</Channel><Computer>GIG06SRVADFS001.cymru.nhs.uk</Computer><Security UserID='CYMRU\GIG_gMSA_ADFS$'/></System><UserData>The Federation Service could not authorize token issuance for caller 'CYMRU\Ma047550 '. The caller is not authorized to request a token for the relying party 'urn:federation:MicrosoftOnline'. See event 501 with the same Instance ID for caller identity. Additional Data Instance ID: 807cd7c3-c574-4703-b8e4-cbf8a7102bca Relying party: urn:federation:MicrosoftOnline Exception details: Microsoft.IdentityServer.Service.IssuancePipeline.CallerAuthorizationException: MSIS5007: The caller authorization failed for caller identity CYMRU\Ma047550 for relying party trust urn:federation:MicrosoftOnline. at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Threading.AsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult result) at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceContract.ProcessCoreAsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult ar) at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceContract.EndProcessCore(IAsyncResult ar, String requestAction, String responseAction, String trustNamespace) User Action Use the AD FS Management snap-in to ensure that the caller is authorized to request a token for the relying party.</UserData></Event>​ """# 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