Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

Regular Expression
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import Foundation let pattern = #"^(?!.*(anime|manga|hentai|sex|xxx))(.+)$"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: [.anchorsMatchLines, .caseInsensitive]) let testString = #""" 127.0.0.1 www.animenewsnetwork.com www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk 127.0.0.1 watchseries.lt www.tv.com myanimelist.net www.crunchyroll.co.uk www.wikia.com www.anidb.net www.gogoanime.com 127.0.0.1 www.goodanime.net www.pinoyanime.tv www.animeultima.tv animewaffles.tv anilinkz.com www.animehere.com www.anime4fun.com www.animefreak.tv 127.0.0.1 www.animetake.com www.waoanime.tv waoanime.tv mangafox.me www.animeget.com www.animefushigi.com 127.0.0.1 www.crunchyroll.com vodlocker.com answers.yahoo.com www.animeultima.tv zeroanime.net 127.0.0.1 www.tv.com www.watchsnk.com www.sidereel.com www.adultswim.com video.adultswim.com www.solarmovie.tl 127.0.0.1 watch32.com www.kongregate.com www.roblox.com www.siliconera.com mmoculture.com www.mangawindow.com www.hulu.com 127.0.0.1 www.dualshockers.com www.madman.co.nz www.mangabb.me www.ovguide.com www.tvrage.com anime-odcinki.pl www.mangabird.com 127.0.0.1 attackontitan.blogspot.com www.yidio.com www.dubzonline.tv www.vanime.net soulskill.com www.agaleradosanimes.net www.tvmuse.com 127.0.0.1 www.anitube.se www.animestatic.com kotaku.com n4g.co www.animelite.net attackontitan.blogspot.com www.solarmovie.tl 127.0.0.1 www.mangatank.com www.nineanime.com mangadoom.com desene.tv www.graalians.com jkanime.net dynasty-scans.com 127.0.0.1 www.anime-stream24.net watchtvseries.to animetako.com www.gaiaonline.com megafilmeshd.net deseneanime.ro 127.0.0.1 www.animeforum.com www.veoh.com http://anime44.co.uk animesstream.com animetoplist.org aniver.se 127.0.0.1 letmewatchanime.com napisy.info www.animesfox-br.org www.letmewatchthis.ch vershingekinokyojin.com 127.0.0.1 www.videoweed.es www.novamov.com beta.miloyski.com www.2gb-hosting.com www.tomwans.com www.gigabyteupload.com 127.0.0.1 f1.ilivlite.com played.to www.vidbull.com watchseries.ag www.animefave.net www.animeseason.com www.gogoanime.com 127.0.0.1 www.animeplus.tv animewaffles.tv www.animeflavor.com www.animebox.tv www.anime44.com www.animehere.com www.soul-anime.net 127.0.0.1 anilinkz.com www.nwanime.com www.anime-sub.com www.centeranime.net www.animedose.net www.subbedanime.tv """# 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