Cast Unicode within a string

Asked Mar 16 '17 at 03:41

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I have an API that will return a String with Unicode inside of it, for example:

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't – you are right.

In the string above, &#8211 is -.

Currently, I'm using replacingOccurrences(of: "&#8211", with: "\"", options: .regularExpression, range: nil) to replace any Unicode inside the returned String. But once in a while I would get a Unicode that I didn't include in my list.

At the end of each returned String, I would use + to combine the string with the Author of the Quote. When I use UnicodeScalar to cast the String, Xcode would give me binary operator + cannot be applied to operands of type unicode and string error.

I feel that my solution works, but it's not ideal. Is there a way to cast any Unicode with the returned String?

asked Mar 16 '17 at 03:41

f_qi

It seems the unicode string you get is a HTML-code. [check this out](http://stackoverflow.com/a/25607542/5571327) – Willjay Mar 16 '17 at 03:48
@WeiJay Thank you for the link, that solves my problem. – f_qi Mar 16 '17 at 14:37

Cast Unicode within a string

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