Using NSRegularExpression to extract URLs on the iPhone

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The method matchesInString:options:range: returns an array of NSTextCheckingResult objects. You can use fast enumeration to iterate through the array, pull out the substring of each match from your original string, and add the substring to a new array.

NSRegularExpression *regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"http?://([-\\w\\.]+)+(:\\d+)?(/([\\w/_\\.]*(\\?\\S+)?)?)?" options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:&error];

NSArray *arrayOfAllMatches = [regex matchesInString:httpLine options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [httpLine length])];

NSMutableArray *arrayOfURLs = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

for (NSTextCheckingResult *match in arrayOfAllMatches) {    
    NSString* substringForMatch = [httpLine substringWithRange:match.range];
    NSLog(@"Extracted URL: %@",substringForMatch);

    [arrayOfURLs addObject:substringForMatch];
}

// return non-mutable version of the array
return [NSArray arrayWithArray:arrayOfURLs];

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