RosettaCodeData/Task/Run-length-encoding/Swift/run-length-encoding-3.swift

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Swift

// "3W1B2W" -> "WWWBWW"
func decode(encoded: String) -> String {
let scanner = NSScanner(string: encoded)
var char: NSString? = nil
var count: Int = 0
var out = ""
while scanner.scanInteger(&count) {
while scanner.scanCharactersFromSet(NSCharacterSet.letterCharacterSet(), intoString: &char) {
out += String(count: count, repeatedValue: Character(char as! String))
}
}
return out
}