I have an extension to mask the first and last characters. When I try to mask last characters it works but if I try to mask the first characters it doesn't mask as I want to.
For example;
extension String {
func maskedChar(_ charCount: Int, lastCharacters: Bool = true) -> String {
if self.count <= charCount {
return self
}
let mask = String(repeating: "*", count: charCount)
return lastCharacters ? self.prefix(self.count - charCount) + mask : self.suffix(self.count - charCount) + mask
}
}
let sample = "123456"
print(sample.maskedChar(3))
print(sample.maskedChar(3, lastCharacters: false))
// 123***
// 456***
What I want to see is basically ***456.
And also, is there any way to shorten the code? The return line is too long to see it.
Pretty simple, really. You just need to reverse the order of the characters from the string and the mask in the "not lastCharacters" case:
extension String {
func maskedChar(_ charCount: Int, lastCharacters: Bool = true) -> String {
if self.count < charCount {
return String(repeating: "*", count: self.count)
}
let mask = String(repeating: "*", count: charCount)
if lastCharacters {
return self.prefix(self.count - charCount) + mask
} else {
return mask + self.suffix(self.count - charCount)
}
}
}
Note that I also changed the if clause at the beginning. It seems to me you should ALWAYS mask the data, even if the source string is too short.
I would use dropFirst/dropLast together with the mask you create
extension String {
func maskedChar(_ charCount: Int, lastCharacters: Bool = true) -> String {
if self.count <= charCount { return self }
let mask = String(repeating: "*", count: charCount)
return lastCharacters ? self.dropLast(charCount) + mask : mask + self.dropFirst(charCount)
}
}
Related
How to mask the last string using swift, I have made the code as below. but the code only shows the last number, my expectation is that the code displays the first 5 digits
here my code:
extension StringProtocol {
var masked: String {
return String(repeating: "•", count: Swift.max(0, count-5)) + suffix(5)
} }
var name = "0123456789"
print(name.masked)
I get output: •••••56789
but my expectations: 01234•••••
Use a prefix instead of a suffix
extension StringProtocol {
var masked: String {
return prefix(5) + String(repeating: "•", count: Swift.max(0, count-5))
}
}
You could also create a function instead for parameterizing the number of digits and direction (or even the mask character)
extension StringProtocol {
func masked(_ n: Int = 5, reversed: Bool = false) -> String {
let mask = String(repeating: "•", count: Swift.max(0, count-n))
return reversed ? mask + suffix(n) : prefix(n) + mask
}
}
var name = "0123456789"
print(name.masked(5))
// 01234•••••
print(name.masked(5, reversed: true))
// •••••56789
If you have a case of wanting to mask an email address. here's the code
func maskingEmail(email: String) -> String {
let emailComponents = email.components(separatedBy: "#")
let emailDomainComponents = emailComponents[1].components(separatedBy: ".")
let maskedEmailName = String(repeating: "•", count: Swift.max(0, emailComponents[0].count-3)) + emailComponents[0].suffix(3)
let maskedEmailProvider = String(repeating: "•", count: Swift.max(0, emailDomainComponents[0].count-3)) + emailDomainComponents[0].suffix(3)
let emailDomain = emailDomainComponents[1]
return "\(maskedEmailName)#\(maskedEmailProvider).\(emailDomain)"
}
// The Output
print(maskingEmail(email: "pr1vaterelay#gmail.com")) // •••••••••lay#••ail.com
print(maskingEmail(email: "private_relay#bk.ru")) // ••••••••••lay#bk.ru
print(maskingEmail(email: "private.relay#protonmail.com")) // ••••••••••lay#•••••••ail.com
ruby has the function string.squeeze, but I can't seem to find a swift equivalent.
For example I want to turn bookkeeper -> bokepr
Is my only option to create a set of the characters and then pull the characters from the set back to a string?
Is there a better way to do this?
Edit/update: Swift 4.2 or later
You can use a set to filter your duplicated characters:
let str = "bookkeeper"
var set = Set<Character>()
let squeezed = str.filter{ set.insert($0).inserted }
print(squeezed) // "bokepr"
Or as an extension on RangeReplaceableCollection which will also extend String and Substrings as well:
extension RangeReplaceableCollection where Element: Hashable {
var squeezed: Self {
var set = Set<Element>()
return filter{ set.insert($0).inserted }
}
}
let str = "bookkeeper"
print(str.squeezed) // "bokepr"
print(str[...].squeezed) // "bokepr"
I would use this piece of code from another answer of mine, which removes all duplicates of a sequence (keeping only the first occurrence of each), while maintaining order.
extension Sequence where Iterator.Element: Hashable {
func unique() -> [Iterator.Element] {
var alreadyAdded = Set<Iterator.Element>()
return self.filter { alreadyAdded.insert($0).inserted }
}
}
I would then wrap it with some logic which turns a String into a sequence (by getting its characters), unqiue's it, and then restores that result back into a string:
extension String {
func uniqueCharacters() -> String {
return String(self.characters.unique())
}
}
print("bookkeeper".uniqueCharacters()) // => "bokepr"
Here is a solution I found online, however I don't think it is optimal.
func removeDuplicateLetters(_ s: String) -> String {
if s.characters.count == 0 {
return ""
}
let aNum = Int("a".unicodeScalars.filter{$0.isASCII}.map{$0.value}.first!)
let characters = Array(s.lowercased().characters)
var counts = [Int](repeatElement(0, count: 26))
var visited = [Bool](repeatElement(false, count: 26))
var stack = [Character]()
var i = 0
for character in characters {
if let num = asciiValueOfCharacter(character) {
counts[num - aNum] += 1
}
}
for character in characters {
if let num = asciiValueOfCharacter(character) {
i = num - aNum
counts[i] -= 1
if visited[i] {
continue
}
while !stack.isEmpty, let peekNum = asciiValueOfCharacter(stack.last!), num < peekNum && counts[peekNum - aNum] != 0 {
visited[peekNum - aNum] = false
stack.removeLast()
}
stack.append(character)
visited[i] = true
}
}
return String(stack)
}
func asciiValueOfCharacter(_ character: Character) -> Int? {
let value = String(character).unicodeScalars.filter{$0.isASCII}.first?.value ?? 0
return Int(value)
}
Here is one way to do this using reduce(),
let newChar = str.characters.reduce("") { partial, char in
guard let _ = partial.range(of: String(char)) else {
return partial.appending(String(char))
}
return partial
}
As suggested by Leo, here is a bit shorter version of the same approach,
let newChar = str.characters.reduce("") { $0.range(of: String($1)) == nil ? $0.appending(String($1)) : $0 }
Just Another solution
let str = "Bookeeper"
let newChar = str.reduce("" , {
if $0.contains($1) {
return "\($0)"
} else {
return "\($0)\($1)"
}
})
print(str.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: ""))
Use filter and contains to remove duplicate values
let str = "bookkeeper"
let result = str.filter{!result.contains($0)}
print(result) //bokepr
For example, if I had a string RedSox and wanted to change it to SoxRed?
I'm thinking it would be something like :
func swapString (String: String) -> String {
var stringReplaced = String
var result = stringReplaced.Select(x=> x == 'A' ? 'B' : (x=='B' ? "A" : x)).ToArray()
stringReplaced = String(result)
return stringReplaced
}
this function takes the last 3 characters of a string and appends them to the beginning, there are definitely less verbose ways of doing this but it works. it will throw an error if passed a string with < 3 characters.
import UIKit
let string = "RedSox"
func changeString ( _ string : String) -> String {
var characters : Array<Character> = []
for character in string.characters {
characters.append(character)
}
var characters2 : Array<Character> = []
var position = characters.count - 3
while position < characters.count {
characters2.append(characters[position])
position += 1
}
characters.removeLast()
characters.removeLast()
characters.removeLast()
characters2.append(contentsOf: characters)
return (String(characters2))
}
var newString = changeString(string)
print (newString)
Just use the methods which the String class already provides.
It's always a good idea putting these kind of "helper" methods in an extension.
// Define String extension
extension String {
func swappedString(count swapCount: Int) -> String {
guard self.characters.count > swapCount else {
return self
}
let index = self.index(self.endIndex, offsetBy: -swapCount)
let first = self.substring(from: index)
let second = self.substring(to: index)
return first + second
}
}
// Use it
"RedSox".swappedString(count: 3) //= SoxRed
I'm was trying to convert hexString to Array of Bytes([UInt8]) I searched everywhere but couldn't find a solution. Below is my swift 2 code
func stringToBytes(_ string: String) -> [UInt8]? {
let chars = Array(string)
let length = chars.count
if length & 1 != 0 {
return nil
}
var bytes = [UInt8]()
bytes.reserveCapacity(length/2)
for var i = 0; i < length; i += 2 {
if let a = find(hexChars, chars[i]),
let b = find(hexChars, chars[i+1]) {
bytes.append(UInt8(a << 4) + UInt8(b))
} else {
return nil
}
}
return bytes
}
Example Hex
Hex : "7661706f72"
expectedOutput : "vapor"
This code can generate the same output as your swift 2 code.
func stringToBytes(_ string: String) -> [UInt8]? {
let length = string.characters.count
if length & 1 != 0 {
return nil
}
var bytes = [UInt8]()
bytes.reserveCapacity(length/2)
var index = string.startIndex
for _ in 0..<length/2 {
let nextIndex = string.index(index, offsetBy: 2)
if let b = UInt8(string[index..<nextIndex], radix: 16) {
bytes.append(b)
} else {
return nil
}
index = nextIndex
}
return bytes
}
let bytes = stringToBytes("7661706f72")
print(String(bytes: bytes!, encoding: .utf8)) //->Optional("vapor")
Here is a sketch of how I'd do it in a more idiomatic Swift style (this might be Swift 4 only):
func toPairsOfChars(pairs: [String], string: String) -> [String] {
if string.count == 0 {
return pairs
}
var pairsMod = pairs
pairsMod.append(String(string.prefix(2)))
return toPairsOfChars(pairs: pairsMod, string: String(string.dropFirst(2)))
}
func stringToBytes(_ string: String) -> [UInt8]? {
// omit error checking: remove '0x', make sure even, valid chars
let pairs = toPairsOfChars(pairs: [], string: string)
return pairs.map { UInt8($0, radix: 16)! }
}
Following code may be help for you
extension String {
/// Create `Data` from hexadecimal string representation
///
/// This takes a hexadecimal representation and creates a `Data` object. Note, if the string has any spaces or non-hex characters (e.g. starts with '<' and with a '>'), those are ignored and only hex characters are processed.
///
/// - returns: Data represented by this hexadecimal string.
func hexadecimal() -> Data? {
var data = Data(capacity: characters.count / 2)
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "[0-9a-f]{1,2}", options: .caseInsensitive)
regex.enumerateMatches(in: self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, characters.count)) { match, flags, stop in
let byteString = (self as NSString).substring(with: match!.range)
var num = UInt8(byteString, radix: 16)!
data.append(&num, count: 1)
}
guard data.count > 0 else {
return nil
}
return data
}
}
extension String {
/// Create `String` representation of `Data` created from hexadecimal string representation
///
/// This takes a hexadecimal representation and creates a String object from that. Note, if the string has any spaces, those are removed. Also if the string started with a `<` or ended with a `>`, those are removed, too.
init?(hexadecimal string: String) {
guard let data = string.hexadecimal() else {
return nil
}
self.init(data: data, encoding: .utf8)
}
/// - parameter encoding: The `NSStringCoding` that indicates how the string should be converted to `NSData` before performing the hexadecimal conversion.
/// - returns: `String` representation of this String object.
func hexadecimalString() -> String? {
return data(using: .utf8)?
.hexadecimal()
}
}
extension Data {
/// Create hexadecimal string representation of `Data` object.
/// - returns: `String` representation of this `Data` object.
func hexadecimal() -> String {
return map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }
.joined(separator: "")
}
}
Use like this :
let hexString = "68656c6c 6f2c2077 6f726c64"
print(String(hexadecimalString: hexString))
Or
let originalString = "hello, world"
print(originalString.hexadecimalString())
After lot searching and thinking here is how you do it
func toByteArray( _ hex:String ) -> [UInt8] {
// remove "-" from Hexadecimal
var hexString = hex.removeWord( "-" )
let size = hexString.characters.count / 2
var result:[UInt8] = [UInt8]( repeating: 0, count: size ) // array with length = size
// for ( int i = 0; i < hexString.length; i += 2 )
for i in stride( from: 0, to: hexString.characters.count, by: 2 ) {
let subHexStr = hexString.subString( i, length: 2 )
result[ i / 2 ] = UInt8( subHexStr, radix: 16 )! // ! - because could be null
}
return result
}
extension String {
func subString( _ from: Int, length: Int ) -> String {
let size = self.characters.count
let to = length + from
if from < 0 || to > size {
return ""
}
var result = ""
for ( idx, char ) in self.characters.enumerated() {
if idx >= from && idx < to {
result.append( char )
}
}
return result
}
func removeWord( _ word:String ) -> String {
var result = ""
let textCharArr = Array( self.characters )
let wordCharArr = Array( word.characters )
var possibleMatch = ""
var i = 0, j = 0
while i < textCharArr.count {
if textCharArr[ i ] == wordCharArr[ j ] {
if j == wordCharArr.count - 1 {
possibleMatch = ""
j = 0
}
else {
possibleMatch.append( textCharArr[ i ] )
j += 1
}
}
else {
result.append( possibleMatch )
possibleMatch = ""
if j == 0 {
result.append( textCharArr[ i ] )
}
else {
j = 0
i -= 1
}
}
i += 1
}
return result
}
}
Refer this video to know how I did it.
Credit : AllTech
Conversion of String to Data with nicer syntax.
static func hexStringToData(string: String) -> Data {
let stringArray = Array(string)
var data: Data = Data()
for i in stride(from: 0, to: string.count, by: 2) {
let pair: String = String(stringArray[i]) + String(stringArray[i+1])
if let byteNum = UInt8(pair, radix: 16) {
let byte = Data([byteNum])
data.append(byte)
}
else{
fatalError()
}
}
return data
}
Like in C, we can simply do
str[i] = str[j]
But how to write the similar logic in swift?
Here is my code, but got error:
Cannot assign through subscript: subscript is get-only
let indexI = targetString.index(targetString.startIndex, offsetBy: i)
let indexJ = targetString.index(targetString.startIndex, offsetBy: j)
targetString[indexI] = targetString[indexJ]
I know it may work by using this method, but it's too inconvenient
replaceSubrange(, with: )
In C, a string (char *) can be treated as an array of characters. In Swift, you can convert the String to an [Character], do the modifications you want, and then convert the [Character] back to String.
For example:
let str = "hello"
var strchars = Array(str)
strchars[0] = strchars[4]
let str2 = String(strchars)
print(str2) // "oello"
This might seem like a lot of work for a single modification, but if you are moving many characters this way, you only have to convert once each direction.
Reverse a String
Here's an example of a simple algorithm to reverse a string. By converting to an array of characters first, this algorithm is similar to the way you might do it in C:
let str = "abcdefg"
var strchars = Array(str)
var start = 0
var end = strchars.count - 1
while start < end {
let temp = strchars[start]
strchars[start] = strchars[end]
strchars[end] = temp
start += 1
end -= 1
}
let str2 = String(strchars)
print(str2) // "gfedcba"
Dealing with String with Swift is major pain in the a**. Unlike most languages I know that treat string as an array of characters, Swift treats strings as collection of extended grapheme clusters and the APIs to access them is really clumsy. Changes are coming in Swift 4 but that manifesto lost me about 10 paragraphs in.
Back to your question... you can replace the character like this:
var targetString = "Hello world"
let i = 0
let j = 1
let indexI = targetString.index(targetString.startIndex, offsetBy: i)
let indexJ = targetString.index(targetString.startIndex, offsetBy: j)
targetString.replaceSubrange(indexI...indexI, with: targetString[indexJ...indexJ])
print(targetString) // eello world
I was quite shocked as well by the fact that swift makes string indexing so damn complicated. For that reason, I have built some string extensions that enable you to retrieve and change parts of strings based on indices, closed ranges, and open ranges, PartialRangeFrom, PartialRangeThrough, and PartialRangeUpTo. You can download the repository I created here
You can also pass in negative numbers in order to access characters from the end backwards.
public extension String {
/**
Enables passing in negative indices to access characters
starting from the end and going backwards.
if num is negative, then it is added to the
length of the string to retrieve the true index.
*/
func negativeIndex(_ num: Int) -> Int {
return num < 0 ? num + self.count : num
}
func strOpenRange(index i: Int) -> Range<String.Index> {
let j = negativeIndex(i)
return strOpenRange(j..<(j + 1), checkNegative: false)
}
func strOpenRange(
_ range: Range<Int>, checkNegative: Bool = true
) -> Range<String.Index> {
var lower = range.lowerBound
var upper = range.upperBound
if checkNegative {
lower = negativeIndex(lower)
upper = negativeIndex(upper)
}
let idx1 = index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: lower)
let idx2 = index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: upper)
return idx1..<idx2
}
func strClosedRange(
_ range: CountableClosedRange<Int>, checkNegative: Bool = true
) -> ClosedRange<String.Index> {
var lower = range.lowerBound
var upper = range.upperBound
if checkNegative {
lower = negativeIndex(lower)
upper = negativeIndex(upper)
}
let start = self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: lower)
let end = self.index(start, offsetBy: upper - lower)
return start...end
}
// MARK: - Subscripts
/**
Gets and sets a character at a given index.
Negative indices are added to the length so that
characters can be accessed from the end backwards
Usage: `string[n]`
*/
subscript(_ i: Int) -> String {
get {
return String(self[strOpenRange(index: i)])
}
set {
let range = strOpenRange(index: i)
replaceSubrange(range, with: newValue)
}
}
/**
Gets and sets characters in an open range.
Supports negative indexing.
Usage: `string[n..<n]`
*/
subscript(_ r: Range<Int>) -> String {
get {
return String(self[strOpenRange(r)])
}
set {
replaceSubrange(strOpenRange(r), with: newValue)
}
}
/**
Gets and sets characters in a closed range.
Supports negative indexing
Usage: `string[n...n]`
*/
subscript(_ r: CountableClosedRange<Int>) -> String {
get {
return String(self[strClosedRange(r)])
}
set {
replaceSubrange(strClosedRange(r), with: newValue)
}
}
/// `string[n...]`. See PartialRangeFrom
subscript(r: PartialRangeFrom<Int>) -> String {
get {
return String(self[strOpenRange(r.lowerBound..<self.count)])
}
set {
replaceSubrange(strOpenRange(r.lowerBound..<self.count), with: newValue)
}
}
/// `string[...n]`. See PartialRangeThrough
subscript(r: PartialRangeThrough<Int>) -> String {
get {
let upper = negativeIndex(r.upperBound)
return String(self[strClosedRange(0...upper, checkNegative: false)])
}
set {
let upper = negativeIndex(r.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(
strClosedRange(0...upper, checkNegative: false), with: newValue
)
}
}
/// `string[...<n]`. See PartialRangeUpTo
subscript(r: PartialRangeUpTo<Int>) -> String {
get {
let upper = negativeIndex(r.upperBound)
return String(self[strOpenRange(0..<upper, checkNegative: false)])
}
set {
let upper = negativeIndex(r.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(
strOpenRange(0..<upper, checkNegative: false), with: newValue
)
}
}
}
Usage:
let text = "012345"
print(text[2]) // "2"
print(text[-1] // "5"
print(text[1...3]) // "123"
print(text[2..<3]) // "2"
print(text[3...]) // "345"
print(text[...3]) // "0123"
print(text[..<3]) // "012"
print(text[(-3)...] // "345"
print(text[...(-2)] // "01234"
All of the above works with assignment as well. All subscripts have getters and setters.
a new extension added,
since String conforms to BidirectionalCollection Protocol
extension String{
subscript(at i: Int) -> String? {
get {
if i < count{
let idx = index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)
return String(self[idx])
}
else{
return nil
}
}
set {
if i < count{
let idx = index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)
remove(at: idx)
if let new = newValue, let first = new.first{
insert(first, at: idx)
}
}
}
}
}
call like this:
var str = "fighter"
str[at: 2] = "6"