In Objective-C
the code to check for a substring in an NSString
is:
NSString *string = @"hello Swift";
NSRange textRange =[string rangeOfString:@"Swift"];
if(textRange.location != NSNotFound)
{
NSLog(@"exists");
}
But how do I do this in Swift?
You can do exactly the same call with Swift:
In Swift 4 String is a collection of Character
values, it wasn't like this in Swift 2 and 3, so you can use this more concise code1:
let string = "hello Swift"
if string.contains("Swift") {
print("exists")
}
var string = "hello Swift"
if string.range(of:"Swift") != nil {
print("exists")
}
// alternative: not case sensitive
if string.lowercased().range(of:"swift") != nil {
print("exists")
}
var string = "hello Swift"
if string.rangeOfString("Swift") != nil{
println("exists")
}
// alternative: not case sensitive
if string.lowercaseString.rangeOfString("swift") != nil {
println("exists")
}
I hope this is a helpful solution since some people, including me, encountered some strange problems by calling containsString()
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PS. Don't forget to import Foundation