Swift 4 'substring(from:)' is deprecated: Please use String slicing subscript with a 'partial range from' operator

Question

i\'ve just converted my little app but i\'ve found this error: \'substring(from:)\' is deprecated: Please use String slicing subscript with a \'partial range from\' operator

Answer 1

If you wish to get substring with specific offset without upper bound do the following:

let index = thisRecord.pubDate.index(thisRecord.pubDate.startIndex, offsetBy: 5)
cell.detailTextLabel?.text = String(thisRecord.pubDate[index...]

This way you create a new String object from your existing String thisRecord.pubDate taking anything from specified index to the end index of original String.