[SOLVED] Check if CLPlacemark's name is a street address

Check if CLPlacemark's name is a street address

Is it possible to check whether or not a CLPlacemark's name is a street address?

I would like to display the name if it is a shopping center, theme park, school, or something else interesting, but not if it is a street address.

I was thinking about using a regex such as this to check if the name is a street address

^\d+ ([a-zA-Z0-9'-] ?)+$

But I feel like this won't always work, especially in other countries.

Is there any way to check if a CLPlacemark's name is a street address, like checking the size of the placemark, or will I have to use a third-party library?

Solution

Try checking the name against the CLPlacemark's thoroughfare (street) and subThoroughfare (street number).

var placemark: CLPlacemark
if placemark.name.rangeOfString(placemark.thoroughfare) != nil
    && placemark.name.rangeOfString(placemark.subThoroughfare) != nil {
        println("Name is likely the same as address")
} else {
    println("Name is distinct from street address")
}