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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 // WARNING: You included a flag that Swift doesn't support: U // When this flag is set, it inverts the "greediness" of the quantifiers so that they are not greedy by default, but become greedy if followed by '?'. // As an alternative, this effect can also be achieved by setting a (?U) modifier setting within the pattern or by a question mark behind a quantifier (e.g. .*?). let pattern = #"CREATE TABLE \[.*\) ON \[PRIMARY\]"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .dotMatchesLineSeparators) let testString = #""" CREATE TABLE [Company]( [CompanyName] [varchar](255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL, [Address1] [varchar](255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL, [Address2] [varchar](255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL, [City] [varchar](255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL, [State] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL, [Zip] [numeric](18, 0) NOT NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GO GO SET ANSI_PADDING ON GO CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_Company] ON [Company] ( [CompanyName] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, FILLFACTOR = 80) ON [PRIMARY] GO GO ALTER TABLE [Company] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_Company_CompanyName] DEFAULT ('') FOR [CompanyName] GO ALTER TABLE [Company] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_Company_Address1] DEFAULT ('') FOR [Address1] GO ALTER TABLE [Company] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_Company_Address2] DEFAULT ('') FOR [Address2] GO ALTER TABLE [Company] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_Company_City] DEFAULT ('') FOR [City] GO ALTER TABLE [Company] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_Company_State] DEFAULT ('') FOR [State] GO ALTER TABLE [Company] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_Company_Zip] DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [Zip] GO GO -- ============================================= -- Counties TABLE -- ============================================= SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE TABLE [Counties]( [UID] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL, [CountyName] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL, [StateUID] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL, [SurTax] [money] NOT NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] """# 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