Adding Quotes in Swift

Question

Is there a straightforward way in Swift for adding quotation marks to a String? The quotation marks should localize properly (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w

Answer 1

Swift 4

Using the same logic, but with a modern and simple syntax.

extension String {
    static var quotes: (String, String) {
        guard
            let bQuote = Locale.current.quotationBeginDelimiter,
            let eQuote = Locale.current.quotationEndDelimiter
            else { return ("\"", "\"") }
        
        return (bQuote, eQuote)
    }
    
    var quoted: String {
        let (bQuote, eQuote) = String.quotes
        return bQuote + self + eQuote
    }
}

Then you can use it simply like this:

print("To be or not to be...".quoted)

Results

Locale   Output

 de      „To be or not to be...“
 en      “To be or not to be...”
 fr      «To be or not to be...»
 ja      「To be or not to be...」

Also, I advice you to read the whole Apple's Internationalization and Localization Guide