Index of a substring in a string with Swift

Question

I\'m used to do this in JavaScript:

var domains = \"abcde\".substring(0, \"abcde\".indexOf(\"cd\")) // Returns \"ab\"

Swift doesn\'t have t

Answer 1

Swift 5

    extension String {
    enum SearchDirection {
        case first, last
    }
    func characterIndex(of character: Character, direction: String.SearchDirection) -> Int? {
        let fn = direction == .first ? firstIndex : lastIndex
        if let stringIndex: String.Index = fn(character) {
            let index: Int = distance(from: startIndex, to: stringIndex)
            return index
        }  else {
            return nil
        }
    }
}

tests:

 func testFirstIndex() {
        let res = ".".characterIndex(of: ".", direction: .first)
        XCTAssert(res == 0)
    }
    func testFirstIndex1() {
        let res = "12345678900.".characterIndex(of: "0", direction: .first)
        XCTAssert(res == 9)
    }
    func testFirstIndex2() {
        let res = ".".characterIndex(of: ".", direction: .last)
        XCTAssert(res == 0)
    }
    func testFirstIndex3() {
        let res = "12345678900.".characterIndex(of: "0", direction: .last)
        XCTAssert(res == 10)
    }