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

here is the modification of the answer from @sleeping_giant for swift. This solution formats the text in 'xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx' format and stops accepting any numbers beyond that range.

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool
{
    if string == ""{
        return true
    }

    //range.length will be greater than 0 if user is deleting text - allow it to replace
    if range.length > 0
    {
        return true
    }

    //Don't allow empty strings
    if string == "-"
    {
        return false
    }

    //Check for max length including the spacers we added
    print(range.location)
    if range.location > 23
    {
        return false
    }

    var originalText = textField.text
    let replacementText = string.replacingOccurrences(of: "-", with: "")

    //Verify entered text is a numeric value
    let digits = NSCharacterSet.decimalDigits
    for char in replacementText.unicodeScalars
    {
        if !(digits as NSCharacterSet).longCharacterIsMember(char.value)
        {
            return false
        }
    }

    //Put an empty space after every 4 places
    if (originalText?.characters.count)! > 0
    {
        if (originalText?.characters.count)! < 5 && (originalText?.characters.count)! % 4 == 0{
            originalText?.append("-")
        }else if(((originalText?.characters.count)! + 1) % 5 == 0){
            originalText?.append("-")
        }

    }

    textField.text = originalText

    return true
}