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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A single character of: a, b, c or d
    [[ab][cd]]
  • 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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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
No Match

"
"
g

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import Foundation let pattern = #"([A-Z][a-z]+(\s[A-Z][a-z]+)*)"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) let testString = #""" 127.0.0.1 Amigo 30.08.2012 16:08:13 LOGIN OK 192.168.100.2 Vasya Pupkin 30.08.2012 16:08:40 DONE_TASK 15 OK 146.34.15.5 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 13.09.2013 5:04:50 DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN OK 127.0.0.1 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 11.12.2013 10:11:12 WRITE_MESSAGE FAILED 146.34.15.5 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 12.12.2013 21:56:30 WRITE_MESSAGE OK 146.34.15.5 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 03.01.2014 03:45:23 LOGIN OK 192.168.100.2 Vasya Pupkin 30.01.2014 12:56:22 SOLVE_TASK 18 ERROR 127.0.0.1 Vasya Pupkin 14.11.2015 07:08:01 WRITE_MESSAGE OK 192.168.100.2 Vasya Pupkin 19.03.2016 00:00:00 SOLVE_TASK 1 OK 146.34.15.5 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 05.01.2021 20:22:55 DONE_TASK 48 FAILED 127.0.0.1 Vasya Pupkin 14.10.2021 11:38:21 LOGIN OK 12.12.12.12 Amigo 21.10.2021 19:45:25 SOLVE_TASK 18 OK 120.120.120.122 Amigo 29.2.2028 5:4:7 SOLVE_TASK 18 OK """# 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