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

Regular Expression
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Test String

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Generated Code

import Foundation let pattern = #"^I await your input\.(?=\d|\-)|^(?:I await your input\.(?:x|\/|\*|\+|\.))|^0+(?=0|0.|[1-9])|(?<=\.\d+)\.$|^(?:x|\/|\*|\+|\.)|(?<=(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+))0(?=\d+)|(?<=\.)\-$|(?<=^\-)(?:x|\*|\/|\-|\+|\.)|(?<=\.\d+)(x|\*|\/|\-|\+)?\."# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .anchorsMatchLines) let testString = ##""" |(?<=(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.))(?:x|\/|\*|\+|\.) /When ready, just start over from the original working regex. |(?<=\d+)(x|\*|\/|\-|\+)(?=x|\*|\/|\-|\+) |(?<=x|\*|\/|\-|\+|\.)\. |\.(?=x|\*|\/|\-|\+|\.)|(?<=\d+\.\d+(?:x|\*|\/|\-|\+))\.|(?<=\d+\.\d+)\. Seems like I don't need this one: |\-(?=-) 40.0. 5.6+. 7.3. 2222- 2222-- 2222.- 0.00002/ 111.222*x 3838.3 0.0000x. 1+2.333.x -/1 -/1/- 1.1/+ 0.2/* 333/x 4444/- 888- 0x/ 0..+ 0xx 3x. 3.xx 0.1. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (?<=\d+(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.))(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.) (?<=\.\d+(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.))(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.) (?<=\d+(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.))(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.) (?<=\d+)(?:x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.)(?=x|\/|\*|\-|\+|\.) // This selects any math symbol directly after a math symbol such as 111.222*x (x will be selected) ?:non-capturing group I await your input.4 I await your input.+ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz .... 0000000 000000033300 00003304 0000004 000000. 2.5+88889.4756x8.8/0.125+04.5 2.5+88889.4756x8.8/0.125+0.45 2.5+88889.4756x8.8/0.125+0 2.4+2.00003 2.4+04 0x9-95.8/00 /* +-+ 000000004 6.6.4444.4.4.5555.588885.5. 6.6.4444.4.4.5555.55.5343. 4+5 88889993.4884. 4. 8888.8.4 8.8.4.8 4.56850.000000.0.100.324000+8.343.333.4400000.00000 0.13453.383883...+388338.383838+3.4/833.3x8*4333-8-+++**3*3/*3 0000.1 + - . * / x0000000 000000004 0.1334343. 0123456789 000001234 0000. _+-*/|\/* @#!#$ ^*() .000 copied and saved regex: |(?<=.[\d+])\. _______________________________ (?<=\d|\d)\.$ // sort of works: \.\d+\.$(?!\d+\.) it takes of the .allnumbesanddecimal from here (?<=\.)\d+\.$ (?<=\.\d+)\.$ (\.\d+)$ (?<=[\d]\.[\d])\. Negate these: [^0\.1] """## 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