How to get substring of NSString?

Question

If I want to get a value from the NSString @\"value:hello World:value\", what should I use?

The return value I want is @\"hello World\".

Answer 1

Here's a slightly less complicated answer:

NSString *myString = @"abcdefg";
NSString *mySmallerString = [myString substringToIndex:4];

See also substringWithRange and substringFromIndex