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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

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import Foundation let pattern = #"\[\[ *([0-9]{3}0)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^0]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}1)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^5]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}2)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^2]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}3)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^3]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}4)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^4]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}5)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^5]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}6)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^6]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}7)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^7]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}8)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^8]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{3}9)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}0[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^0][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}1[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^1][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}2[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^2][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}3[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^3][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}4[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^4][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}5[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^5][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}6[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^6][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}7[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^7][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}8[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^8][0-9]) *\]\]|\[\[ *([0-9]{2}9[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^9][0-9]) *\]\]"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .caseInsensitive) let testString = #""" [[1900]] [[1900 en truc|1901]] [[1901|1900]] [[1900 en truc|1900]] [[1900 en truc|1901]] [[1904 en truc|1901]] [[1900|1901]] [[1900 en truc|1901]] [[1900 en truc|1900]] [[1900 en truc|1910]] [[1940 en truc|1910]] [[1940|1910]] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}0)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^0]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}1)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^5]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}2)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^2]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}3)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^3]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}4)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^4]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}5)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^5]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}6)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^6]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}7)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^7]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}8)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^8]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{3}9)[^]]*\| *([0-9]{3}[^9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}0[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^0][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}1[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^1][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}2[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^2][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}3[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^3][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}4[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^4][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}5[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^5][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}6[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^6][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}7[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^7][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}8[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^8][0-9]) *\]\] \[\[ *([0-9]{2}9[0-9])[^]]*\| *([0-9]{2}[^9][0-9]) *\]\] """# 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