How do I get a string between slashes -Swift

Question

I have string like so "/blah//hahaha//lalala/"

Which needs to be translated into an Array of strings so that if I printed the array it would look like this print(arrayOfStrings) // prints ["blah","hahaha","lalala"]

I am new to swift so forgive me if this question is foolish

Possible duplicate of [Swift: Split a String into an array](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25678373/swift-split-a-string-into-an-array) — impression7vx, Jul 12 '16 at 20:18

Luca Angeletti · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-12T20:31:15.950

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Given

let text = "/blah//hahaha//lalala/"

you can

let chunks = String(text.characters.dropFirst().dropLast()).componentsSeparatedByString("//")

and this is what you get

["blah", "hahaha", "lalala"]

edited Jul 12 '16 at 20:31

answered Jul 12 '16 at 20:18

Luca Angeletti

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let chunks = text.components(separatedBy: "/") – user3626411 Mar 28 '23 at 09:11

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 12 '16 at 20:23

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There's also the URL solution

let string = "/blah//hahaha//lalala/"
let components = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: string).pathComponents!.dropFirst()
print(components)

answered Jul 12 '16 at 20:23

vadian

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Very smart, congrats. Can you describe why this code does also work with `//` instead of a single slash? – Luca Angeletti Jul 12 '16 at 20:28
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I cannot exactly describe why, but it seems that `pathComponents` treats double slashes (even triple slashes) as one. – vadian Jul 12 '16 at 20:35
Interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks. – Luca Angeletti Jul 12 '16 at 20:36

How do I get a string between slashes -Swift

2 Answers2

Given

you can

and this is what you get