Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
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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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/
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g

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import Foundation let pattern = #"(?<=[:=!?&,;|{\[\(\n])[\x09\x20]*(?:\/(?![*+?])(?:(?:[^\n\[\\\/]*+(?:\\\\)*+(?:\\\[|\\\/|\\(?!\[))?(\[)?)+(?(1)([^\n\]\\]*+(\\\\)*+(\\\]|\\(?!\]))?)*((?<!\\)\])?))*[^\n]*?(?<![^\\]\/)(?<![^\\]\\)\/)[gim]{0,3}[\x09\x20]*+(?![^}\]\),;:.\n])"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) let testString = #""" // Regular expressions r = /([\\/])?([^\\/]*)$/; r = /([\\/])?([^\\:/]*)$/; // коммент /abc\[def\[^\s[\]/]ghi/g.test(s);// здесь одна пара квадратных скобок! r = /\//i; r = /[/\*]/img; // коммент r = /[a-z]{5}/; r = /[a-z]{1,5}/; r = /([a-z])+/; r = /([a-z]{1,5})+/; r = /f([a-z])/; r = /f([a-z]+)*/; r = /a(b)c(d)/; r = /a(b)?c(d)+?/; r =(t|/\*/.test(s)); r =(t|/\*/); // коммент r =/./.test(s) && f(); r=/[a-z]/.test(s) && f(); var a = [/a\/, \/b/]; a=[/a/,/b/]; var o = { r: /./, x: 2 }; // коммент o={r:/./,x:2}; var x = a && /b/.test(s); x = a ? /b/ : /c/;// коммент x=a?/b/:/c/; x=a?/b\\/:/c\/\\/; // коммент x=a?/b\\/:/c\/\\/; // коммент x = !/a/.test(s); x = f(/./i); x=1*s.replace(/^[^\d]*(\d+).*$/,'$1')/2; /\s\n\s+\/\/\\\\/.test(s)?f(null):f(/\\/); /\s\n\s+\/\/\\\\/.test(s)?f(null):f(/\\fghj[\[fghj\]]kl/), /fght/; a=s.search(/\s\n\s+\/f\//gi); r=/>\.jjj\n<\s\</ .exec(s); r=/ \n \s/g, t=/'/g ; // Not a regular expressions var n = 1/2;// коммент n = 1/2/3; n = 1/2/p; n = 1/(2/p); // коммент n = 1/this.n/3; n = 1/this.f(5+4)/3; n = 1/this.f(2/3); n = 1/2 + (function() { return 3/4; })(); n = 1/2*(this.x/3 + 2); n = 1/2*(this.x + 2/3); n =p/2,t=3/p; n = f(1/2) + f(3/2); """# 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