Replace substring of NSAttributedString with another NSAttributedString

Question

I want to replace a substring (e.g. @\"replace\") of an NSAttributedString with another NSAttributedString.

I am looking for a

Answer 1

NSMutableAttributedString *result = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"I am a boy."];
[result addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor blackColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, [result length])];

NSMutableAttributedString *replace = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"a"];
[replace addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor redColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, [replace length])];

[result replaceCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(5, [replace length]) withAttributedString:replace];