~= operator for String

string~=.swift

import Cocoa
import Foundation

extension String {
    static func ~= (lhs: String, rhs: String) -> Bool {
        if lhs == rhs {
            return true
        }
        if let range = rhs.range(of: lhs, options: .regularExpression) {
            return rhs[range] == rhs
        }
        
        return false
    }
}

let text = "v1/4342adb9-de1e-4b10-aa3d-0f4919f67d42/abc"
let abc = "v1/[0-9a-f-]{36}/abc"
switch text {
case abc:
    print("abc")
default:
    print("no")
}

print(abc ~= text)