Formatting a UITextField for credit card input like (xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx)

Question

I want to format a UITextField for entering a credit card number into such that it only allows digits to be entered and automatically inserts spaces so that the

Answer 1

So I wanted to this with less code, so I used the code here and repurposed it a little bit. I had two fields in the screen, one for the number and one for the expiry date, so I made it more reusable.

Swift 3 alternate answer

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
    guard let currentText = (textField.text as NSString?)?.replacingCharacters(in: range, with: string) else { return true }

    if textField == cardNumberTextField {
        textField.text = currentText.grouping(every: 4, with: " ")
        return false
    }
    else { // Expiry Date Text Field
        textField.text = currentText.grouping(every: 2, with: "/")
        return false
    }
}

extension String {
    func grouping(every groupSize: String.IndexDistance, with separator: Character) -> String {
       let cleanedUpCopy = replacingOccurrences(of: String(separator), with: "")
       return String(cleanedUpCopy.characters.enumerated().map() {
            $0.offset % groupSize == 0 ? [separator, $0.element] : [$0.element]
       }.joined().dropFirst())
    }
}