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 is a little combination of @Regexident Option 1 and @Garett answers, to get a powerful string cutter between a prefix and suffix, with MORE...ANDMORE words on it.

NSString *haystack = @"MOREvalue:hello World:valueANDMORE";
NSString *prefix = @"value:";
NSString *suffix = @":value";
NSRange prefixRange = [haystack rangeOfString:prefix];
NSRange suffixRange = [[haystack substringFromIndex:prefixRange.location+prefixRange.length] rangeOfString:suffix];
NSRange needleRange = NSMakeRange(prefixRange.location+prefix.length, suffixRange.location);
NSString *needle = [haystack substringWithRange:needleRange];
NSLog(@"needle: %@", needle);