Trim spaces from end of a NSString

Question

I need to remove spaces from the end of a string. How can I do that? Example: if string is \"Hello \" it must become \"Hello\"

Answer 1

The solution is described here: How to remove whitespace from right end of NSString?

Add the following categories to NSString:

- (NSString *)stringByTrimmingTrailingCharactersInSet:(NSCharacterSet *)characterSet {
    NSRange rangeOfLastWantedCharacter = [self rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[characterSet invertedSet]
                                                               options:NSBackwardsSearch];
    if (rangeOfLastWantedCharacter.location == NSNotFound) {
        return @"";
    }
    return [self substringToIndex:rangeOfLastWantedCharacter.location+1]; // non-inclusive
}

- (NSString *)stringByTrimmingTrailingWhitespaceAndNewlineCharacters {
    return [self stringByTrimmingTrailingCharactersInSet:
            [NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
}

And you use it as such:

[yourNSString stringByTrimmingTrailingWhitespaceAndNewlineCharacters]