Mentions Elephant

//: Playground - noun: a place where people can play

import UIKit

var result = "Olá {{51:Daniel S. Debastiani}} como vai? {{1:João Reichert}}"
var patt = "\\{{2}?([\\d]+):([\\s\\S][^\\{]+)\\}{2}"
var dictNames = [String:String]()

func matchesForRegexInText(regex: String!, text: String!, dictNameId: [String:String]) -> (fullString:String, dictId:[String:String]){

    var stringFormated = text
    var dict = dictNameId
    let regex = NSRegularExpression(pattern: regex, options: nil, error: nil)!
    let nsString = stringFormated as NSString
    let results = regex.matchesInString(stringFormated,options: nil, range: NSMakeRange(0, count(text.utf16))) as! [NSTextCheckingResult]

    for match in results as [NSTextCheckingResult] {
        // range at index 0: full match
        // range at index 1: first capture group
        // range at index 2: second capture group

        let results2 = regex.matchesInString(stringFormated, options: nil, range: NSMakeRange(0, count(stringFormated.utf16))) as! [NSTextCheckingResult]

        let match1 = results2.first!
        println()

        let substring0 = (stringFormated as NSString).substringWithRange(match1.rangeAtIndex(0))
        println(substring0)
        let substring1 = (stringFormated as NSString).substringWithRange(match1.rangeAtIndex(1))
        println(substring1)
        let substring2 = (stringFormated as NSString).substringWithRange(match1.rangeAtIndex(2))
        println(substring2)

        //dict[substring1] = substring2

        println(stringFormated)

        println(match1.rangeAtIndex(0))

        stringFormated = (stringFormated as NSString).stringByReplacingCharactersInRange(match1.rangeAtIndex(0), withString: substring2)
        println(stringFormated)
        println()

    }

    return (stringFormated, dict)


}

var format = matchesForRegexInText(patt, result, dictNames)

dictNames = format.dictId
var string = format.fullString
//println(dictNames)
//println()
//println(string)