How can I concatenate NSAttributedStrings?

Question

I need to search some strings and set some attributes prior to merging the strings, so having NSStrings -> Concatenate them -> Make NSAttributedString is not an option, is t

Answer 1

// Immutable approach
// class method

+ (NSAttributedString *)stringByAppendingString:(NSAttributedString *)append toString:(NSAttributedString *)string {
  NSMutableAttributedString *result = [string mutableCopy];
  [result appendAttributedString:append];
  NSAttributedString *copy = [result copy];
  return copy;
}

//Instance method
- (NSAttributedString *)stringByAppendingString:(NSAttributedString *)append {
  NSMutableAttributedString *result = [self mutableCopy];
  [result appendAttributedString:append];
  NSAttributedString *copy = [result copy];
  return copy;
}