Any way to replace characters on Swift String?

Question

I am looking for a way to replace characters in a Swift String.

Example: \"This is my string\"

I would like to replace \" \" with \"+\" to get \

Answer 1

Swift 4:

let abc = "Hello world"

let result = abc.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "_", 
    options: NSString.CompareOptions.literal, range:nil)

print(result :\(result))

Output:

result : Hello_world

Answer 2

I think Regex is the most flexible and solid way:

var str = "This is my string"
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: " ", options: [])
let output = regex.stringByReplacingMatchesInString(
    str,
    options: [],
    range: NSRange(location: 0, length: str.characters.count),
    withTemplate: "+"
)
// output: "This+is+my+string"

Answer 3

This is easy in swift 4.2. just use replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "_") for replace

var myStr = "This is my string"
let replaced = myStr.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "_")
print(replaced)

Answer 4

Swift 3, Swift 4, Swift 5 Solution

let exampleString = "Example string"

//Solution suggested above in Swift 3.0
let stringToArray = exampleString.components(separatedBy: " ")
let stringFromArray = stringToArray.joined(separator: "+")

//Swiftiest solution
let swiftyString = exampleString.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "+")

Answer 5

var str = "This is my string"

print(str.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "+"))

Output is

This+is+my+string

Answer 6

A Swift 3 solution along the lines of Sunkas's:

extension String {
    mutating func replace(_ originalString:String, with newString:String) {
        self = self.replacingOccurrences(of: originalString, with: newString)
    }
}

Use:

var string = "foo!"
string.replace("!", with: "?")
print(string)

Output:

foo?