Swift - Split text based on arabic combined characters - ios

Question

Dears,
I have arabic sentence like this stentence
أكل الولد التفاحة
how can i split the sentence based on UNCONNECTED characters to be like this :
أ-
كل
ا-
لو-
لد
ا-
لتفا-
حة
I put - to explain what i mean.
I just need to split the text into array based on that
How can i do that using swift code for ios ?
Update:
I dont care for the spaces.
"أكل" for example is one word and doesn't contain spaces.I want to split based on UNCONNECTED characters.
So "أكل" consist from two objects : "أ" and "كل"
الولد : three objects "ا" and "لو" and "لد"

Answer 1

Use the below code:
let a = "أكل الولد التفاحة".split(separator: " ")

Answer 2

You can replace spaces with "-" using replacing occurences function.
let text = "أكل الولد التفاحة".replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "-", options: NSString.CompareOptions.literal, range: nil) ?? ""

Answer 3

I don't know how accepted answer helps to fix the issue.
Apple already provided Natural Language Framework to handle such a things which more trustworthy
When you work with natural language text, it’s often useful to tokenize the text into individual words. Using NLTokenizer to enumerate words, rather than simply splitting components by whitespace, ensures correct behavior in multiple scripts and languages. For example, neither Chinese nor Japanese uses spaces to delimit words.
Here is example
let text = """
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
"""
let tokenizer = NLTokenizer(unit: .word)
tokenizer.string = text
tokenizer.enumerateTokens(in: text.startIndex..<text.endIndex) { tokenRange, _ in
print(text[tokenRange])
return true
}
Here is link of Apple docs
Hope it is helpful

Answer 4

There is two box you can just click in first. Content automatically paste click convert. Output data automatically copied with spaces I used for this quran
<h1>Allah</h1>
<center>
<textarea id="field" onclick="paste(this)" style="font-size: xxx-large;min-width: 90%; min-height: 200px;"> </textarea>
<center>
</center>
</br>
<textarea id="field2" style="font-size: xxx-large;min-width: 95%; min-height: 200px;"> </textarea>
</center>
<center>
<br>
<button onclick="myFunction()" style="font-size: xx-large;min-width: 20%;">Convert</button>
</center>
<script >
function myFunction(){
var string = document.getElementById("field").value;
// Option 1
string.split('');
// Option 2
console.log(string);
// Option 3
Array.from(string);
// Option 4
var bb = Object.assign([], string);
console.log(bb);
cleanArray = bb.filter(function () { return true });
var filtered = bb.filter(function (el) {
return el != null; });
console.log(filtered);
var bb = bb.toString();
console.log(bb);
bb = bb.replace(",","");
var stringWithoutCommas = bb.replace(/,/g, ' ');
console.log(stringWithoutCommas);
document.execCommand(stringWithoutCommas)
document.getElementById("field2").value = stringWithoutCommas;
var copyTextarea = document.querySelector('#field2');
copyTextarea.focus();
copyTextarea.select();
try {
var successful = document.execCommand('copy');
var msg = successful ? 'successful' : 'unsuccessful';
console.log('Copying text command was ' + msg);
} catch (err) {
console.log('Oops, unable to copy');
}
};
/*
var copyTextareaBtn = document.querySelector('#newr');
copyTextareaBtn.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
var copyTextarea = document.querySelector('#field2');
copyTextarea.focus();
copyTextarea.select();
try {
var successful = document.execCommand('copy');
var msg = successful ? 'successful' : 'unsuccessful';
console.log('Copying text command was ' + msg);
} catch (err) {
console.log('Oops, unable to copy');
}
});
*/
async function paste(input) {
document.getElementById("field2").value = "";
const text = await navigator.clipboard.readText();
input.value = text;
}
</script>

Answer 5

Try this:
"أكل الولد التفاحة".map {String($0)}