Swift replace substring regex

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You need to remove the ^ and $ anchors.

The ^ means start of string and $ means end of string (or line, depending on the options). That’s why your first example works: in the first test string, the start of the string is really followed by your pattern and ends with it.

In the second test string, the pattern is found in the middle of the string, thus the ^... can’t apply. If you would just remove the ^, the $ would apply on the second occurrence of the registration number and the output would be my car reg 1 - DD11 AAA my car reg 2 - XX.

let myString = "my car reg 1 - DD11 AAA  my car reg 2 - AA22 BBB"
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "([A-HK-PRSVWY][A-HJ-PR-Y])\\s?([0][2-9]|[1-9][0-9])\\s?[A-HJ-PR-Z]{3}", options: NSRegularExpression.Options.caseInsensitive)
let range = NSMakeRange(0, myString.count)
let modString = regex.stringByReplacingMatches(in: myString, options: [], range: range, withTemplate: "XX")
print(modString)
// Output: "my car reg 1 - XX  my car reg 2 - XX"

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