Swift: How to get substring from start to last index of character

Question

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.

Answer 1

Swift 4:

extension String {

    /// the length of the string
    var length: Int {
        return self.characters.count
    }

    /// Get substring, e.g. "ABCDE".substring(index: 2, length: 3) -> "CDE"
    ///
    /// - parameter index:  the start index
    /// - parameter length: the length of the substring
    ///
    /// - returns: the substring
    public func substring(index: Int, length: Int) -> String {
        if self.length <= index {
            return ""
        }
        let leftIndex = self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: index)
        if self.length <= index + length {
            return self.substring(from: leftIndex)
        }
        let rightIndex = self.index(self.endIndex, offsetBy: -(self.length - index - length))
        return self.substring(with: leftIndex.. "ABCDE".substring(left: 0, right: 2) -> "ABC"
    ///
    /// - parameter left:  the start index
    /// - parameter right: the end index
    ///
    /// - returns: the substring
    public func substring(left: Int, right: Int) -> String {
        if length <= left {
            return ""
        }
        let leftIndex = self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: left)
        if length <= right {
            return self.substring(from: leftIndex)
        }
        else {
            let rightIndex = self.index(self.endIndex, offsetBy: -self.length + right + 1)
            return self.substring(with: leftIndex..

you can test it as follows:

    print("test: " + String("ABCDE".substring(index: 2, length: 3) == "CDE"))
    print("test: " + String("ABCDE".substring(index: 0, length: 3) == "ABC"))
    print("test: " + String("ABCDE".substring(index: 2, length: 1000) == "CDE"))
    print("test: " + String("ABCDE".substring(left: 0, right: 2) == "ABC"))
    print("test: " + String("ABCDE".substring(left: 1, right: 3) == "BCD"))
    print("test: " + String("ABCDE".substring(left: 3, right: 1000) == "DE"))

Check https://gitlab.com/seriyvolk83/SwiftEx library. It contains these and other helpful methods.