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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Test String

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Generated Code

import Foundation let pattern = #"S304JB0...(?<Total1>\d+).(?<Total2>\d+).(?<Total3>\d+).(?<Total4>\d+).(?<Total5>\d+).(?<Total6>\d+).(?<Total7>\d+)(?:R01(?<Row1>\d+))?(?:R02(?<Row2>\d+))?(?:R03(?<Row3>\d+))?(?:R04(?<Row4>\d+))?(?:R05(?<Row5>\d+))?(?:R06(?<Row6>\d+))?(?:R07(?<Row7>\d+))?(?:R08(?<Row8>\d+))?(?:R09(?<Row9>\d+))?(?:R10(?<Row10>\d+))?(?:R11(?<Row11>\d+))?(?:R12(?<Row12>\d+))?(?:R13(?<Row13>\d+))?(?:R14(?<Row14>\d+))?(?:R15(?<Row15>\d+))?"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .caseInsensitive) let testString = #""" 12*000000000**S304JB01811*8*0*8*4*4*34R0332R152~~~ 12*000000000**S304JB01811*9*0*4*3*4*224R023R032R10234R1325~~~ """# 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