How to make an NSString path (file name) safe

Question

I\'m using very tricky fighting methods :) to make a string like Fi?le*/ Name safe for using as a file name like File_Name. I\'m sure there is a cocoa

Answer 1

And of course there's got to be a swift2 guy with an arbitrary hate list (stolen from other answers). That guy is me:

func sanitizedString(string : String) -> String {
    // put anything you dislike in that set ;-)
    let invalidFsChars = NSCharacterSet(charactersInString: "/* <>?%|")
    let components = string.componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(invalidFsChars)
    return components.joinWithSeparator("")
}