Finding text between parentheses in Swift - regex

Question

How do you get an array of string values for the text between parentheses in Swift?
For example from: MyFileName(2015)(Type)(createdBy).zip
I would like: [2015,Type,createdBy]

Answer 1

Just updating the chosen answer to Swift 3:
func matchesForRegexInText(regex: String!, text: String!) -> [String] {
do {
let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: regex, options: [])
let nsString = text as NSString
let results = regex.matches(in: text,
options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, nsString.length))
return results.map { nsString.substring(with: $0.range)}
} catch let error as NSError {
print("invalid regex: \(error.localizedDescription)")
return []
}}
The usage remains the same.

Answer 2

Here is a complete example in Swift 4.2
func matchesForRegexInText(regex: String!, text: String!) -> [String] {
do {
let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: regex, options: [])
let nsString = text as NSString
let results = regex.matches(in: text,
options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, nsString.length))
return results.map { nsString.substring(with: $0.range)}
} catch let error as NSError {
print("invalid regex: \(error.localizedDescription)")
return []
}}
and usage :
let regex = "\\((.*?)\\)"
mmatchesForRegexInText(regex: regex, text: " exmaple (android) of (qwe123) text (heart) between parentheses")

Answer 3

You can use a regex for this
Thomas had a good example: \((.*?)\)
How to use a regex with Swift you can look up at: http://www.raywenderlich.com/86205/nsregularexpression-swift-tutorial

Answer 4

Here is my RegEx
which is actually trying to get the words between parentheses. E.g. (smile)
NSRegularExpression(pattern: "\\\\(\\\w+\\\\)",options:NSRegularExpressionOptions.CaseInsensitive)
it works for me!