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Find Range of substring in NSMutableAttributedString

I have AttributedString with emoji like this "🤣🤣🤣 @Mervin tester 🤣🤣🤣"

Now I need to find a range of Mervin in this attributed String. 

let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "🤣🤣🤣 @Mervin tester 🤣🤣🤣")

let range = // range for "Mervin" in above String.

Thank you.

Solution

  • This extension should help you.

    extension NSAttributedString {
    func rangeOf(string: String) -> Range<String.Index>? {
        return self.string.range(of: string)
    }
}

    Usage:

    attributedString.rangeOf(string: "Mervin")