I want to learn the best/simplest way to turn a string into another string but with only a subset, starting at the beginning and going to the last index of a character.
You can use these extensions:
Swift 2.3
extension String
{
func substringFromIndex(index: Int) -> String
{
if (index < 0 || index > self.characters.count)
{
print("index \(index) out of bounds")
return ""
}
return self.substringFromIndex(self.startIndex.advancedBy(index))
}
func substringToIndex(index: Int) -> String
{
if (index < 0 || index > self.characters.count)
{
print("index \(index) out of bounds")
return ""
}
return self.substringToIndex(self.startIndex.advancedBy(index))
}
func substringWithRange(start: Int, end: Int) -> String
{
if (start < 0 || start > self.characters.count)
{
print("start index \(start) out of bounds")
return ""
}
else if end < 0 || end > self.characters.count
{
print("end index \(end) out of bounds")
return ""
}
let range = Range(start: self.startIndex.advancedBy(start), end: self.startIndex.advancedBy(end))
return self.substringWithRange(range)
}
func substringWithRange(start: Int, location: Int) -> String
{
if (start < 0 || start > self.characters.count)
{
print("start index \(start) out of bounds")
return ""
}
else if location < 0 || start + location > self.characters.count
{
print("end index \(start + location) out of bounds")
return ""
}
let range = Range(start: self.startIndex.advancedBy(start), end: self.startIndex.advancedBy(start + location))
return self.substringWithRange(range)
}
}
Swift 3
extension String
{
func substring(from index: Int) -> String
{
if (index < 0 || index > self.characters.count)
{
print("index \(index) out of bounds")
return ""
}
return self.substring(from: self.characters.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: index))
}
func substring(to index: Int) -> String
{
if (index < 0 || index > self.characters.count)
{
print("index \(index) out of bounds")
return ""
}
return self.substring(to: self.characters.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: index))
}
func substring(start: Int, end: Int) -> String
{
if (start < 0 || start > self.characters.count)
{
print("start index \(start) out of bounds")
return ""
}
else if end < 0 || end > self.characters.count
{
print("end index \(end) out of bounds")
return ""
}
let startIndex = self.characters.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: start)
let endIndex = self.characters.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: end)
let range = startIndex.. String
{
if (start < 0 || start > self.characters.count)
{
print("start index \(start) out of bounds")
return ""
}
else if location < 0 || start + location > self.characters.count
{
print("end index \(start + location) out of bounds")
return ""
}
let startIndex = self.characters.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: start)
let endIndex = self.characters.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: start + location)
let range = startIndex..
Usage:
let string = "www.stackoverflow.com"
let substring = string.substringToIndex(string.characters.count-4)