SwiftyRegex
SwiftyRegex is a regular expression matcher based on the pcre library
License
SwiftyRegex is licensed under the BSD 3 Clause license. See LICENSE.txt for full license text.
Dependencies
SwiftyRegex needs the pcre library installed in /usr/include.
On a Mac just use Homebrew:
brew install pcreOn Ubuntu Linux install libpcre3-dev:
sudo apt-get install libpcre3-devUsage
Instanciate a RegEx object and call the match function:
import SwiftyRegex
do {
let re = try RegEx(pattern: "([0-9]+)[\\s]*:[\\s]*(?P<text>.*)")
let matches = re.match("1234 : Hello World")
let numbered = matches.numberedParams
let named = matches.namedParams
// numbered.count == 3
// numbered[1] == "1234"
// numbered[2] == "Hello World"
// named.count == 1
// named["text"] == "Hello World"
} catch RegEx.Error.InvalidPattern(let offset, let message) {
print("Pattern invalid @ \(offset): \(message)")
} catch {
// should not be reached ever
}The initializer stores the compiled pattern, so keep the RegEx object if you want to do multiple matches.
