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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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 = #"AND[ ]+(\([ ]*\[\[[A-Z0-1_]+\]\][ ]+=[ ]+'[ ]*'[ ]+OR[ ]+[A-Z0-1_]+[ ]+=[ ]+\[\[[A-Z0-1_]+\]\][ ]*\)|\([ ]*[A-Z0-1_]+[ ]+=[ ]+\[\[[A-Z0-1_]+\]\][ ]+OR[ ]+\[\[[A-Z0-1_]+\]\][ ]+=[ ]+'[ ]*'[ ]*\))"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = #""" SELECT ZT1_CODIGO, ZT1_NOME, A3_NREDUZ, ZT1_EMAIL, ZT1_DEPART, ZT1_SENHA, ZT1_CODGRU, ZT2_NOME, ZT1_DDD, ZT1_DDI, ZT1_TEL, ZT1_LOGIN, SUBSTR(ZT3_CODENT,3,6) A3_COD FROM TABSX2(ZT1) ZT1 LEFT JOIN TABSX2(ZT3) ZT3 ON ZT3.ZT3_ENTIDA = 'SA3' AND ZT1.ZT1_CODIGO = ZT3.ZT3_CODIGO AND ZT3.D_E_L_E_T_ <> '*' LEFT JOIN TABSX2(SA3) SA3 ON SA3.A3_COD = SUBSTR(ZT3.ZT3_CODENT,3,6) AND SA3.D_E_L_E_T_ <> '*' LEFT JOIN TABSX2(ZT2) ZT2 ON ZT2.ZT2_CODIGO = ZT1.ZT1_CODGRU AND ZT2.D_E_L_E_T_ <> '*' WHERE ZT1.D_E_L_E_T_ <> '*' AND (ZT1_CODGRU = [[GRUPO]] OR [[GRUPO]] = '') AND ([[GRUPO]] = '' OR ZT1_CODGRU = [[GRUPO]] ) AND ZT1_CODGRU = [[GRUPO]] """# 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