How to create range in Swift?

Question

In Objective-c we create range by using NSRange

NSRange range;

So how to create range in Swift?

Answer 1

Use like this

var start = str.startIndex // Start at the string's start index
var end = advance(str.startIndex, 5) // Take start index and advance 5 characters forward
var range: Range = Range(start: start,end: end)

let firstFiveDigit =  str.substringWithRange(range)

print(firstFiveDigit)

Output : Hello