NSPredicate with regex to check alphanumeric

Question

I want to check string with regex in Objective c. My code

NSString *regexAmazonOrder =@"[a-zA-Z0-9]*";
NSPredicate *predicateAmazonOrder = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@",regexAmazonOrder];

if([predicateAmazonOrder evaluateWithObject:cardNumber.text])
{
    NSLog(@"Its coming inside AMAZON ORDER EVALUATIONS");
    ...
}

But its not working. Help me out. I know its simple but eating my mind!!! Thanks

Answer 1

Try like this: (Untested, just to give you an starter)

NSError *error = NULL;
NSRegularExpression *regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"[a-z0-9]*"
                                                                       options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive
                                                                         error:&error];
NSArray *matches = [regex matchesInString:cardNumber.text
                                  options:0
                                    range:NSMakeRange(0, [string length])];

if([matches count] > 0)
{
   // Valid input
}

Answer 2

Here is shorter version:

+(BOOL)isAlphanumericString:(NSString *)string
{
    NSString *filter = @"[a-z0-9]*";
    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", filter];
    return [predicate evaluateWithObject:string];
}