Regular Expressions 101

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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 = #"^(([^<>()\[\]\.,;:\s@\"]{1,64}(\.[^<>()\[\]\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@\[*(?!.*?\.\.)(([^<>()[\]\.,;\s@\"]+\.?)+[^<>()[\]\.,;\s@\"]{2,})\]?"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: [.anchorsMatchLines, .caseInsensitive]) let testString = ##""" prettyandsimple@example.com very.common@example.com disposable.style.email.with+symbol@example.com other.email-with-dash@example.com (one-letter local part) x@example.com "much.more unusual"@example.com "very.unusual.@.unusual.com"@example.com "very.(),:;<>[]\".VERY.\"very@\\ \"very\".unusual"@strange.example.com example-indeed@strange-example.com (local domain name with no TLD) admin@mailserver1 #!$%&'*+-/=?^_`{}|~@example.org "()<>[]:,;@\\\"!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{}| ~.a"@example.org (space between the quotes) " "@example.org example@localhost example@s.solutions user@com user@localserver user@[2001:DB8::1][ user@[IPv6:2001:db8::1] ©other.email-with-dash@example.com ?prettyandsimple@example.com 用户@例子.广告 अजअय@डाअटा.भारत квіточка@пошта.укр θσερ@εχαμπλε.ψομ Dörte@Sörensen.example.com аджай@экзампл.рус Invalid email addresses[edit] (no @ character) Abc.example.com (only one @ is allowed outside quotation marks) A@b@c@example.com (none of the special characters in this local part are allowed outside quotation marks) a"b(c)d,e:f;g<h>i[j\k]l@example.com (quoted strings must be dot separated or the only element making up the local part) just"not"right@example.com (spaces, quotes, and backslashes may only exist when within quoted strings and preceded by a backslash) this is"not\allowed@example.com (even if escaped (preceded by a backslash), spaces, quotes, and backslashes must still be contained by quotes) this\ still\"not\\allowed@example.com (double dot before @) john..doe@example.com with caveat: Gmail lets this through, Email address#Local-part the dots altogether (double dot after @) john.doe@example..com (exceeds 64 characters in local part) 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234+x@example.com alskjnakjanv1wadfqaebbsfdfagfbnbKJANDVlvn13dcljnvzlkjbnadlkgf3cjnj@winnipeg.com """## let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) let substitutionString = #"QuestionText = "$1","# let result = regex.stringByReplacingMatches(in: testString, range: stringRange, withTemplate: substitutionString) 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