SwiftString

SwiftString is a lightweight string extension for Swift 3 and 4. This library was motivated by having to search StackOverflow for common string operations, and wanting them to be in one place with test coverage.

Note the original client side Swift 2 repo can be found here: https://github.com/amayne/SwiftString

This Fork

This fork is intended as a server side utility.

It is Swift 3.x, 4.0 and Swift Package Manager (SPM) ready.
Added sigificant test coverage

Swift 3.0.2, 3.1 only

If you are targeting Swift 3.0.2 or 3.1 only, please use the majorVersion:1 in your Package.swift file:

.Package(url: "https://github.com/iamjono/SwiftString.git", majorVersion: 1),

This release works for both Swift 3.0.2 and 3.1, on macOS and Linux.

Swift 3.0.2, 3.1, 3.2 and Swift 4.0

If you have updated to Swift 4, or plan to in the near future, use the majorVersion:2 in your Package.swift file. This version brings compatibility with Swift 4, and is backwards compatible with the 3.x codebases.

.Package(url: "https://github.com/iamjono/SwiftString.git", majorVersion: 2),

The latest release works for Swift 3.x and Swift 4 on macOS and Linux.

Usage

import SwiftString

Methods

between(left, right)

"<a>foo</a>".between("<a>", "</a>") // "foo"
"<a><a>foo</a></a>".between("<a>", "</a>") // "<a>foo</a>"
"<a>foo".between("<a>", "</a>") // nil
"Some strings } are very {weird}, dont you think?".between("{", "}") // "weird"
"<a></a>".between("<a>", "</a>") // nil
 "<a>foo</a>".between("<a>", "<a>") // nil

camelize()

"os version".camelize() // "osVersion"
"HelloWorld".camelize() // "helloWorld"
"someword With Characters".camelize() // "somewordWithCharacters"
"data_rate".camelize() // "dataRate"
"background-color".camelize() // "backgroundColor"

capitalize()

"hello world".capitalize() // "Hello World"

chompLeft(string)

"foobar".chompLeft("foo") // "bar"
"foobar".chompLeft("bar") // "foo"

chompRight(string)

"foobar".chompRight("bar") // "foo"
"foobar".chompRight("foo") // "bar"

cleanPath()

var foo = "hello//world/..///stuff.txt"
foo.cleanPath() // foo == "hello/stuff.txt"

cleanedPath()

"hello//world/..///stuff.txt".cleanedPath() // "hello/stuff.txt"

collapseWhitespace()

"  String   \t libraries are   \n\n\t fun\n!  ".collapseWhitespace() // "String libraries are fun !")

count(string)

"hi hi ho hey hihey".count("hi") // 3

decodeHTML()

"The Weekend &#8216;King Of The Fall&#8217;".decodeHTML() // "The Weekend ‘King Of The Fall’"
"<strong> 4 &lt; 5 &amp; 3 &gt; 2 .</strong> Price: 12 &#x20ac;.  &#64; ".decodeHTML() // "<strong> 4 < 5 & 3 > 2 .</strong> Price: 12 €.  @ "
"this is so &quot;good&quot;".decodeHTML() // "this is so \"good\""

endsWith(suffix)

"hello world".endsWith("world") // true
"hello world".endsWith("foo") // false

ensureLeft(prefix)

"/subdir".ensureLeft("/") // "/subdir"
"subdir".ensureLeft("/") // "/subdir"

ensureRight(suffix)

"subdir/".ensureRight("/") // "subdir/"
"subdir".ensureRight("/") // "subdir/"

extension

"/hello/world.txt".extension // "txt"
"/hello/world.tmp.txt".extension // "txt"

file

"/hello/world.txt".file // "world.txt"
"/hello/there/".file // "there"

fileName

"/hello/world.txt".fileName // "world"
"/hello/there/".fileName // "there"

index(of: substring)

"hello".index(of: "hell"), // 0
"hello".index(of: "lo"), // 3
"hello".index(of: "world") // -1
"hellohello".index(of: "hel", after: 2) // 5

indexOf(substring) - deprecated in favor of index(of:) above

"hello".indexOf("hell"), // 0
"hello".indexOf("lo"), // 3
"hello".indexOf("world") // nil

initials()

"First".initials(), // "F"
"First Last".initials(), // "FL"
"First Middle1 Middle2 Middle3 Last".initials() // "FMMML"

initialsFirstAndLast()

"First Last".initialsFirstAndLast(), // "FL"
"First Middle1 Middle2 Middle3 Last".initialsFirstAndLast() // "FL"

isAlpha()

"fdafaf3".isAlpha() // false
"afaf".isAlpha() // true
"dfdf--dfd".isAlpha() // false

isAlphaNumeric()

"afaf35353afaf".isAlphaNumeric() // true
"FFFF99fff".isAlphaNumeric() // true
"99".isAlphaNumeric() // true
"afff".isAlphaNumeric() // true
"-33".isAlphaNumeric() // false
"aaff..".isAlphaNumeric() // false

isEmpty()

" ".isEmpty() // true
"\t\t\t ".isEmpty() // true
"\n\n".isEmpty() // true
"helo".isEmpty() // false

isNumeric()

"abc".isNumeric() // false
"123a".isNumeric() // false
"1".isNumeric() // true
"22".isNumeric() // true
"33.0".isNumeric() // true
"-63.0".isNumeric() // true

join(paths...)

var root = "/foo"
root.join("bar", "/baz", "..", "//somedata.txt") // root == "/foo/bar/somedata.txt"

var root = "/foo"
root.join(paths: ["bar", "/baz", "..", "//somedata.txt"]) // root == "/foo/bar/somedata.txt"

joining(paths...)

"/foo".joining("bar", "/baz", "..", "//somedata.txt") // "/foo/bar/somedata.txt"
"/foo".joining(paths: ["bar", "/baz", "..", "//somedata.txt"]) // "/foo/bar/somedata.txt"

lastIndex(of: substring)

"hellohellohello".lastIndex(of: "hell"), // 10
"hellohellohello".lastIndex(of: "lo"), // 13
"hellohellohello".lastIndex(of: "world") // -1
"hellohellohello".lastIndex(of: "hel", before: 10) // 5

latinize()

"šÜįéïöç".latinize() // "sUieioc"
"crème brûlée".latinize() // "creme brulee"

lines()

"test".lines() // ["test"]
"test\nsentence".lines() // ["test", "sentence"]
"test \nsentence".lines() // ["test ", "sentence"]

pad(n, string)

"hello".pad(2) // "  hello  "
"hello".pad(1, "\t") // "\thello\t"

padLeft(n, string)

"hello".padLeft(10) // "          hello"
"what?".padLeft(2, "!") // "!!what?"

padRight(n, string)

"hello".padRight(10) // "hello          "
"hello".padRight(2, "!") // "hello!!"

parent

"/hello/there/world.txt".parent // "/hello/there"
"/hello/there".parent // "/hello"

startsWith(prefix)

"hello world".startsWith("hello") // true
"hello world".startsWith("foo") // false

split(separator)

"hello world".split(" ")[0] // "hello"
"hello world".split(" ")[1] // "world"
"helloworld".split(" ")[0] // "helloworld"

times(n)

"hi".times(3) // "hihihi"
" ".times(10) // "          "

toBool()

"asdwads".toBool() // nil
"true".toBool() // true
"false".toBool() // false

toFloat()

"asdwads".toFloat() // nil
"2.00".toFloat() // 2.0
"2".toFloat() // 2.0

toInt()

"asdwads".toInt() // nil
"2.00".toInt() // 2
"2".toInt() // 2

toDate()

"asdwads".toDate() // nil
"2014-06-03".toDate() // NSDate

toDateTime()

"asdwads".toDateTime() // nil
"2014-06-03 13:15:01".toDateTime() // NSDate

toDouble()

"asdwads".toDouble() // nil
"2.00".toDouble() // 2.0
"2".toDouble() // 2.0

trimmedLeft()

"        How are you? ".trimmedLeft() // "How are you? "

trimmedRight()

" How are you?   ".trimmedRight() // " How are you?"

trimmed()

"    How are you?   ".trimmed() // "How are you?"

slugify()

"Global Thermonuclear Warfare".slugify() // "global-thermonuclear-warfare"
"Crème brûlée".slugify() // "creme-brulee"

stripPunctuation()

"My, st[ring] *full* of %punct)".stripPunctuation() // "My string full of punct"

substring(startIndex, length)

"hello world".substring(0, length: 1) // "h"
"hello world".substring(0, length: 11) // "hello world"

[subscript]

"hello world"[0...1] // "he"
"hello world"[0..<1] // "h"
"hello world"[0] // "h"
"hello world"[0...10] // "hello world"
"hello world"[safe: -1...1] // "he"
"hello world"[safe: 9...20] // "ld"

Requirements

Swift version 3.x or Swift 4. Please see notes above.

Installation

Install via Swift Package Manager

Add the following to your Package.swift file:

.Package(
    url: "https://github.com/iamjono/SwiftString.git",
    majorVersion: 2
    ),

Then, regenerate your Xcode project:

swift package generate-xcodeproj

Install via Cocoapods

pod "String+Extensions"

Author

Andrew Mayne, andrew@redbricklab.com

Swift 3 & 4 SPM module, Jonathan Guthrie, jono@guthrie.net.nz

Cocoapods, Koji Murata, malt.koji@gmail.com

License

SwiftString is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

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