How to get the first N words from a NSString in Objective-C?

Question

What\'s the simplest way, given a string:

NSString *str = @\"Some really really long string is here and I just want the first 10 words, for example\";
         


        

Answer 1

Based on Barry's answer, I wrote a function for the sake of this page (still giving him credit on SO)

+ (NSString*)firstWords:(NSString*)theStr howMany:(NSInteger)maxWords {

    NSArray *theWords = [theStr componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
    if ([theWords count] < maxWords) {
        maxWords = [theWords count];
    }
    NSRange wordRange = NSMakeRange(0, maxWords - 1);
    NSArray *firstWords = [theWords subarrayWithRange:wordRange];       
    return [firstWords componentsJoinedByString:@" "];
}