Regular Expressions 101

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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 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 = #""hash":"(.*?)""# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) let testString = #"[{"added_on":1587102956,"amount_left":0,"auto_tmm":false,"availability":-1,"category":"radarr","completed":1218638934,"completion_on":1587108704,"dl_limit":-1,"dlspeed":0,"downloaded":1220894674,"downloaded_session":0,"eta":8640000,"f_l_piece_prio":false,"force_start":true,"hash":"87802183fc647548ec6efe18feb16149522f6aa0","last_activity":1587119220,"magnet_uri":"magnet:?xt=urn:btih:87802183fc647548ec6efe18feb16149522f6aa0&dn=Fantasia%202000%20(1999)%20%5b1080p%5d%20%5bYTS.AG%5d&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2f9.rarbg.com%3a2710%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fp4p.arenabg.com%3a1337&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3a6969&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.internetwarriors.net%3a1337&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.zer0day.to%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fcoppersurfer.tk%3a6969%2fannounce","max_ratio":-1,"max_seeding_time":-1,"name":"Fantasia 2000 (1999) [1080p] [YTS.AG]","num_complete":22,"num_incomplete":4,"num_leechs":0,"num_seeds":0,"priority":0,"progress":1,"ratio":0.1782183661159947,"ratio_limit":-2,"save_path":"/Volumes/1049/Media/","seeding_time_limit":-2,"seen_complete":1587118087,"seq_dl":false,"size":1218638934,"state":"forcedUP","super_seeding":false,"tags":"","time_active":13224,"total_size":1218638934,"tracker":"udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce","up_limit":-1,"uploaded":217585854,"uploaded_session":128831791,"upspeed":0}]"# let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) if let firstMatch = regex.firstMatch(in: testString, range: stringRange) { let result: [String] = (1 ..< firstMatch.numberOfRanges).map { (testString as NSString).substring(with: firstMatch.range(at: $0)) } print(result) } else { print("No matches were found.") }

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