What's wrong with my NSRegularExpression?

Asked Mar 23 '13 at 22:47

Active Mar 24 '13 at 06:45

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    NSString *body = @"...";

    // Remove all HTML and formatting from body
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSRegularExpression *regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"(&lt;.*?&gt;|\\n|\\t|&.*?;)" options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:&error];
    body = [regex stringByReplacingMatchesInString:body options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [body length]) withTemplate:@""];

But when I compile it, I get this error:

* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '* -[NSRegularExpression enumerateMatchesInString:options:range:usingBlock:]: nil argument'

I tested the pattern in a regular expression editor and it works, I don't see what I'm doing wrong here.

asked Mar 23 '13 at 22:47

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Is that the exact code used in your program? I'm running it and not getting any errors. – Jsdodgers Mar 23 '13 at 23:11
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Are you sure body isn't nil in your actual code? – Firoze Lafeer Mar 23 '13 at 23:35
This happens to me too, but I'm only seeing it with Crashlytics in my live application. I haven't been able to send a string which causes the crash in my testing. Quite the head scratcher. – powerj1984 Jan 11 '14 at 17:15

What's wrong with my NSRegularExpression?

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