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Regular Expression "split" Implementation written for Swift 3.0+.
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// NSRegularExpression+Split.swift | |
// | |
// Verbatim ObjC->Swift port originating from https://github.com/bendytree/Objective-C-RegEx-Categories | |
extension NSRegularExpression { | |
func split(_ str: String) -> [String] { | |
let range = NSRange(location: 0, length: str.characters.count) | |
//get locations of matches | |
var matchingRanges: [NSRange] = [] | |
let matches: [NSTextCheckingResult] = self.matches(in: str, options: [], range: range) | |
for match: NSTextCheckingResult in matches { | |
matchingRanges.append(match.range) | |
} | |
//invert ranges - get ranges of non-matched pieces | |
var pieceRanges: [NSRange] = [] | |
//add first range | |
pieceRanges.append(NSRange(location: 0, length: (matchingRanges.count == 0 ? str.characters.count : matchingRanges[0].location))) | |
//add between splits ranges and last range | |
for i in 0..<matchingRanges.count { | |
let isLast = i + 1 == matchingRanges.count | |
let location = matchingRanges[i].location | |
let length = matchingRanges[i].length | |
let startLoc = location + length | |
let endLoc = isLast ? str.characters.count : matchingRanges[i + 1].location | |
pieceRanges.append(NSRange(location: startLoc, length: endLoc - startLoc)) | |
} | |
var pieces: [String] = [] | |
for range: NSRange in pieceRanges { | |
let piece = (str as NSString).substring(with: range) | |
pieces.append(piece) | |
} | |
return pieces | |
} | |
} |
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Thanks for sharing this, works great!