Swift Language NSRegularExpression in Swift Validation

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Example

Regular expressions can be used to validate inputs by counting the number of matches.

var validDate = false

let numbers = "35/12/2016"
let usPattern =  "^(0[1-9]|1[012])[-/.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[-/.](19|20)\\d\\d$"
let ukPattern = "^(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[-/](0[1-9]|1[012])[-/](19|20)\\d\\d$"
do {
    let regEx = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: ukPattern, options: [])
    let nsString = numbers as NSString
    let matches = regEx.matches(in: numbers, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, nsString.length))
    
    if matches.count > 0 {
        validDate = true
    }
    
    validDate
    
} catch let error as NSError {
    print("Matching failed")
}
//output = false


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