Replace occurrences swift regex

Question

I'm trying to use the String.replacingOccurrences to change all occurrences of the following characters into commas:

#.$[]

However I can't seem to get it to accomplish this with what I have:

func cleanStr(str: String) -> String {
    return str.replacingOccurrences(of: "[.#$[/]]", with: ",", options: [.regularExpression])
}

print(cleanStr(str: "me[ow@gmai#l.co$m"))   // prints "me[ow@gmai,l,co,m\n"

Can anybody help me see what I'm doing wrong?

Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-10 21:51:43Z

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In your pattern, [.#$[/]], there is a character class union, that is, it only matches ., #, $ and / characters (a combination of two character classes, [.#$] and [/]).

In ICU regex, you need to escape literal square brackets [ and ] inside a character class:

"[.#$\\[/\\]]"

This code outputs me,ow@gmai,l,co,m:

func cleanStr(str: String) -> String {
    return str.replacingOccurrences(of: "[.#$\\[/\\]]", with: ",", options: [.regularExpression])
}
print(cleanStr(str: "me[ow@gmai#l.co$m"))

edited Mar 10, 2017 at 21:51

answered Mar 10, 2017 at 21:46

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