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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • 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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import Foundation let pattern = #"(?<Fname>.*\.)(S(?<se>\d{1,2})E(?<ep>\d{2,3}).*|(?<season>S\d{1,2}-S\d{2,3}).*|(?<yr>\d{4}[^p]).*)"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) let testString = #""" Westworld.S04E05.720p.WEB.h264-KOGi[rarbg] Westworld.S04E04.1080p.WEB.H264-CAKES[rarbg] For.All.Mankind.S03E08.720p.WEB.h264-KOGi[rarbg] Talk.to.Me.2022.1080p.WEBRip.DD5.1.x264-LAMA Jules.2023.1080p.AMZN.WEBRip.DD5.1.x264-LAMA 90.Day.Fiance.UK.S02E12.1080p.HEVC.x265-MeGusta Inside.Job.S01-S02.WEBRip.1080p.AAC5.1.x265-SiQ Til Death Do Us Part 2023 1080p AMZN WEBRip DD5 1 x264-LAMA UFC.Fight.Night.227.Grasso.vs.Shevchenko.2.WEB-DL.H264.Fight-BB[TGx] mIRC does not allow you to retrieve the full match. You can access simple captures but *you cannot access named capture* Well dam, now what? ***Work in progress*** $replace($1-,$chr(32),$chr(46)) ;mIRC Alias to test alias test1 { ;TV ;var %s Westworld.S04E05.720p.WEB.h264-KOGi[rarbg] ;TV Series ;var %s Inside.Job.S01-S02.WEBRip.1080p.AAC5.1.x265-SiQ ;Movie var %s A.Million.Miles.Away.2023.1080p.AMZN.WEBRip.DD5.1.x264-LAMA noop $regex(name, %s,/(?<Fname>.*\.)(S(?<se>\d{1,2})E(?<ep>\d{2,3}).*|(?<season>S\d{1,2}-S\d{2,3}).*|(?<yr>\d{4}[^p]).*)/g) if ($len($regml(name,3)) == 5) { Echo -a Movie: Fn: $regml(name,1) Year: $regml(name,3) | halt } if (-s isin %s) { Echo -a Series: Fn: $regml(name,1) S: $regml(name,3) } else echo -a TV: Fn: $regml(name,1) S: $regml(name,3) EP: $regml(name,4) } ;mIRC 7zip stuff var %eDir $getdir(.tar) var %oDir $getdir_Movies /run -np "c:\Program files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e -aos " $+ %eDir $+ %s $+ " *.avi *.mkv *.mp4 -r -o $+ " $+ %oDir $+ " """# 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