I'v been trying to split string to array of components by number, but have no idea how to do it. I know that each components lenght is 9 except the last one. But there is no separation between them. Maybe anyone would know how could i make this split possible?
string : E44000000R33000444V33441
And i'd like to get array with: E44000000 R33000444 V33441
in past I'v used this method, but i guess there should be a way to separate by constant number. Any ideas
NSArray *myWords = [message componentsSeparatedByString:#";"];
Please try the below code.
NSString *stringTest = #"E44000000R33000444V33441323";
NSMutableArray *arrayTest = [NSMutableArray array];
while([stringTest length] > 8) {
[arrayTest addObject:[NSString stringWithString:[stringTest substringToIndex:9]]];
stringTest = [stringTest substringFromIndex:9];
}
NSLog(#"arrayTest - %#", arrayTest);
Try this one..
NSString *mainString=#"E44000000R33000444V";
NSMutableArray *brokenString=[NSMutableArray new];
int start=0;
for (; start<mainString.length-9; start+=9) {
[brokenString addObject:[mainString substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(start, 9)]];
}
[brokenString addObject:[mainString substringFromIndex:start]];
NSLog(#"->%#",brokenString);
Output is :
->(
E44000000,
R33000444,
V
)
I investigated the NSString, and i didn't found any function like that. But you can create a category of NSString and put this function in that category and you can use as a NSString instance method.
- (NSArray *) componentSaparetedByLength:(NSUInteger) length{
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray new];
NSRange range = NSMakeRange(0, length);
NSString *subString = nil;
while (range.location + range.length <= self.length) {
subString = [self substringWithRange:range];
[array addObject:subString];
//Edit
range.location = range.length + range.location;
//Edit
range.length = length;
}
if(range.location<self.length){
subString = [self substringFromIndex:range.location];
[array addObject:subString];
}
return array;
}
You can get the substring upto the characters which you want in a loop(string length) & pass the next index for getting the next substring. After getting each substring you can add it to the array.
Used SubstringToIndex & SubstringFromIndex functions to get the substring.
Also not an requirement here, I want to propose a solution that is capable of handling characters from more sophisticated script systems, like surrogate pairs, base characters plus combining marks, Hangul jamo, and Indic consonant clusters.
#interface NSString (Split)
-(NSArray *)arrayBySplittingWithMaximumSize:(NSUInteger)size
options:(NSStringEnumerationOptions) option;
#end
#implementation NSString (Split)
-(NSArray *)arrayBySplittingWithMaximumSize:(NSUInteger)size
options:(NSStringEnumerationOptions) option
{
NSMutableArray *letterArray = [NSMutableArray array];
[self enumerateSubstringsInRange:NSMakeRange(0, [self length])
options:(option)
usingBlock:^(NSString *substring,
NSRange substringRange,
NSRange enclosingRange,
BOOL *stop) {
[letterArray addObject:substring];
}];
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray array];
[letterArray enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
if (idx%size == 0) {
[array addObject: [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:size]];
}
NSMutableString *string = [array objectAtIndex:[array count]-1];
[string appendString:obj];
}];
return array;
}
#end
usage
NSArray *array = [#"E44000000R33000444V33441" arraysBySplittingWithMaximumSize:9
options:NSStringEnumerationByComposedCharacterSequences];
results in:
(
E44000000,
R33000444,
V33441
)
Related
I have a NSString formatted like this:
"Hello world 12 looking for some 56"
I want to find all instances of numbers separated by whitespace and place them in an NSArray. I dont want to remove the numbers though.
Whats the best way of achieving this?
This is a solution using regular expression as suggested in the comment.
NSString *string = #"Hello world 12 looking for some 56";
NSRegularExpression *expression = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:#"\\b\\d+" options:nil error:nil];
NSArray *matches = [expression matchesInString:string options:nil range:(NSMakeRange(0, string.length))];
NSMutableArray *result = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSTextCheckingResult *match in matches) {
[result addObject:[string substringWithRange:match.range]];
}
NSLog(#"%#", result);
First make an array using NSString's componentsSeparatedByString method and take reference to this SO question. Then iterate the array and refer to this SO question to check if an array element is number: Checking if NSString is Integer.
I don't know where you are looking to do perform this action because it may not be fast (such as if it's being called in a table cell it may be choppy) based upon the string size.
Code:
+ (NSArray *)getNumbersFromString:(NSString *)str {
NSMutableArray *retVal = [NSMutableArray array];
NSCharacterSet *numericSet = [NSCharacterSet decimalDigitCharacterSet];
NSString *placeholder = #"";
unichar currentChar;
for (int i = [str length] - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
currentChar = [str characterAtIndex:i];
if ([numericSet characterIsMember:currentChar]) {
placeholder = [placeholder stringByAppendingString:
[NSString stringWithCharacters:¤tChar
length:[placeholder length]+1];
} else {
if ([placeholder length] > 0) [retVal addObject:[placeholder intValue]];
else placeholder = #"";
return [retVal copy];
}
To explain what is happening above, essentially I am,
going through every character until I find a number
adding that number including any numbers after to a string
once it finds a number it adds it to an array
Hope this helps please ask for clarification if needed
Given an NSRange, such as:
NSRange range = NSMakeRange(1, 22);
What's the best way to convert it to a comma-separated string of its values?
#"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22"
The best I could come up with was to iterate over the range and insert its values into an NSArray, and then call -componentsJoinedByString: on the array. But that seems pretty wasteful, not to mention inelegant. Is there no better way?
My version using an array:
NSMutableArray *vals = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:range.length];
for (NSUInteger i = range.location; i < range.length; i++){
[vals addObject:#(i)];
}
NSString *string = [vals componentsJoinedByString:#","];
You can use NSIndexSet with indexSetWithIndexesInRange: to generate a list of values, and then iterate through them with enumerateIndexesUsingBlock:. E.g.
NSIndexSet *indexSet = [NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndexesInRange:range];
NSMutableArray *indices = [NSMutableArray array];
[indexSet enumerateIndexesUsingBlock:^(NSUInteger i, BOOL *stop) {
[indices addObject:#(i)];
}];
NSString *string = [indices componentsJoinedByString:","];
NSMutableString *string=[#"" mutableCopy];
for (int i = range.location; i<range.length-1; i++){
[string appendFormat:#"%d,", i];
}
[string appendString#"%d", range.length-1];
If you want to hide the code, you can turn it into a function that would take the range and turn it into a string, that way this is hidden from your code. Or maybe turn it into a NSString class method, something like
[NSString stringWithRangeValues:range];
That would be like:
+ (NSString *)stringWithRangeValues:(NSRange)range{
NSMutableString *string=[#"" mutableCopy];
for (int i = range.location; i<range.lenght-1; i++){
[string appendFormat:#"%d,", i];
}
[string appendString#"%d", range.length-1];
return [NSString stringWithString:string];
}
I want to make a method which gives reverse of string.suppose I pass a NSString "Welcome to Objective C" in method and that method return a reverse of string like "C Objective to Welcome" not "C evitcejbO ot emocleW" without the use of componentsSeparatedByString method.
Is it possible to do with Objective c..?
Please help.
You can enumerate strings by words.
NSString *string = #"Welcome to Objective-C!";
NSMutableArray *words = [NSMutableArray array];
[string enumerateLinguisticTagsInRange:NSMakeRange(0, [string length])
scheme:NSLinguisticTagSchemeTokenType
options:0
orthography:nil
usingBlock:^(NSString *tag, NSRange tokenRange, NSRange sentenceRange, BOOL *stop) {
[array addObject:[string substringWithRange:tokenRange]];
}];
NSMutableString *reverseString = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
for (NSString *word in [words reverseObjectEnumerator]){
[reverse appendString:word];
}
NSLog(#"%#", reverseString);
This will print...
"!C-Objective to Welcome"
You can change the options to omit whitespaces and stuff...
I used below method for reversing string in iOS
- (NSString *)reverseString:(NSString *)stringToReverse
{
NSMutableString *reversedString = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:[stringToReverse length]];
[stringToReverse enumerateSubstringsInRange:NSMakeRange(0, [stringToReverse length])
options:(NSStringEnumerationReverse | NSStringEnumerationByComposedCharacterSequences)
usingBlock:^(NSString *substring, NSRange substringRange, NSRange enclosingRange, BOOL *stop) {
[reversedString appendString:substring];
}];
return reversedString;
}
Sorry I misread your question earlier. I did it using a series of loops, my answer is messier than Fogmeister but I wanted to give it a shot to see if I could do it.
NSString *str = #"This is a test";
NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for(int i = 0; i < [str length]; i++)
{
char sTest = [str characterAtIndex:i];
if(sTest == ' ')
{
[array addObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:i]];
}
}
NSInteger iNext = [[array objectAtIndex:[array count]-1] integerValue];
iNext+=1;
if(iNext < [str length])
{
[array addObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:iNext]];
}
NSMutableArray *wordArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for(int i = 0; i < [array count]; i++)
{
if (i == 0)
{
int num = [[array objectAtIndex:i] integerValue];
NSString *s = [[str substringFromIndex:0] substringToIndex:num];
[wordArray addObject:s];
}
else if(i == [array count]-1)
{
int prev = [[array objectAtIndex:i-1] integerValue]+1;
int num = [str length];
NSString *s = [[str substringToIndex:num] substringFromIndex:prev];
[wordArray addObject:s];
}
else
{
int prev = [[array objectAtIndex:i-1] integerValue]+1;
int num = [[array objectAtIndex:i] integerValue];
NSString *s = [[str substringToIndex:num] substringFromIndex:prev];
[wordArray addObject:s];
}
}
NSMutableArray *reverseArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
for(int i = [wordArray count]-1; i >= 0; i--)
{
[reverseArray addObject:[wordArray objectAtIndex:i]];
}
NSLog(#"%#", reverseArray);
Here i have done with replacing character with minimal number of looping. log(n/2).
NSString *string=#"Happy World";
NSInteger lenth=[string length];
NSInteger halfLength=[string length]/2;
for(int i=0;i<halfLength;i++)
{
NSString *leftString=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%c",[string characterAtIndex:i]];
NSString *rightString=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%c",[string characterAtIndex:(lenth-i-1)]];
string= [string stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(i, 1) withString:rightString];
string=[string stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange((lenth-i-1), 1) withString:leftString];
}
NSLog(#"%#",string);
Try This , It's working perfect as per your expectation ,
Call Function :-
[self reversedString:#"iOS"];
Revers String Function :-
-(void)reversedString :(NSString *)reversStr
{ // reversStr is "iOS"
NSMutableString *reversedString = [NSMutableString string];
NSInteger charIndex = [reversStr length];
while (charIndex > 0) {
charIndex--;
NSRange subStrRange = NSMakeRange(charIndex, 1);
[reversedString appendString:[reversStr substringWithRange:subStrRange]];
}
NSLog(#"%#", reversedString); // outputs "SOi"
}
Hope So this is help for some one .
There is no API to do that, if that's what you are asking.
You can always iterate through the string looking for white spaces (or punctuation, it depends on your needs), identify the words and recompose your "reversed" message manually.
Is there a simple way to split a NSString into an array of characters? It would actually be best if the resulting type were a collection of NSString's themselves, just one character each.
Yes, I know I can do this in a loop, but I'm wondering if there is a faster way to do this with any existing methods or functions the way you can with LINQ in C#.
e.g.
// I have this...
NSString * fooString = #"Hello";
// And want this...
NSArray * fooChars; // <-- Contains the NSStrings, #"H", #"e", #"l", #"l" and #"o"
You could do something like this (if you want to use enumerators)
NSString *fooString = #"Hello";
NSMutableArray *characters = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:[fooString length]];
[fooString enumerateSubstringsInRange:NSMakeRange(0, fooString.length)
options:NSStringEnumerationByComposedCharacterSequences
usingBlock:^(NSString *substring, NSRange substringRange, NSRange enclosingRange, BOOL *stop) {
[characters addObject:substring];
}];
And if you really wanted it in an NSArray finally
NSArray *fooChars = [NSArray arrayWithArray:characters];
Be sure to care about that some characters like emoji and others may span a longer range than just one index.
Here's a category method for NSString
#implementation (SplitString)
- (NSArray *)splitString
{
NSUInteger index = 0;
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:self.length];
while (index < self.length) {
NSRange range = [self rangeOfComposedCharacterSequenceAtIndex:index];
NSString *substring = [self substringWithRange:range];
[array addObject:substring];
index = range.location + range.length;
}
return array;
}
#end
convert it to NSData the [data bytes] will have a C string in the encoding that you pick [data length] bytes long.
Try this
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray array];
NSString *str = #"Hello";
for (int i = 0; i < [str length]; i++) {
NSString *ch = [str substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(i, 1)];
[array addObject:ch];
}
I'm trying to re-arrange words into alphabetical order. For example, tomato would become amoott, or stack would become ackst.
I've found some methods to do this in C with char arrays, but I'm having issues getting that to work within the confines of the NSString object.
Is there an easier way to do it within the NSString object itself?
You could store each of the string's characters into an NSArray of NSNumber objects and then sort that. Seems a bit expensive, so I would perhaps just use qsort() instead.
Here it's provided as an Objective-C category (untested):
NSString+SortExtension.h:
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#interface NSString (SortExtension)
- (NSString *)sorted;
#end
NSString+SortExtension.m:
#import "NSString+SortExtension.h"
#implementation NSString (SortExtension)
- (NSString *)sorted
{
// init
NSUInteger length = [self length];
unichar *chars = (unichar *)malloc(sizeof(unichar) * length);
// extract
[self getCharacters:chars range:NSMakeRange(0, length)];
// sort (for western alphabets only)
qsort_b(chars, length, sizeof(unichar), ^(const void *l, const void *r) {
unichar left = *(unichar *)l;
unichar right = *(unichar *)r;
return (int)(left - right);
});
// recreate
NSString *sorted = [NSString stringWithCharacters:chars length:length];
// clean-up
free(chars);
return sorted;
}
#end
I think separate the string to an array of string(each string in the array contains only one char from the original string). Then sort the array will be OK. This is not efficient but is enough when the string is not very long. I've tested the code.
NSString *str = #"stack";
NSMutableArray *charArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:str.length];
for (int i=0; i<str.length; ++i) {
NSString *charStr = [str substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(i, 1)];
[charArray addObject:charStr];
}
NSString *sortedStr = [[charArray sortedArrayUsingSelector:#selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)] componentsJoinedByString:#""];
// --------- Function To Make an Array from String
NSArray *makeArrayFromString(NSString *my_string) {
NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (int i = 0; i < my_string.length; i ++) {
[array addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%c", [my_string characterAtIndex:i]]];
}
return array;
}
// --------- Function To Sort Array
NSArray *sortArrayAlphabetically(NSArray *my_array) {
my_array= [my_array sortedArrayUsingSelector:#selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)];
return my_array;
}
// --------- Function Combine Array To Single String
NSString *combineArrayIntoString(NSArray *my_array) {
NSString * combinedString = [[my_array valueForKey:#"description"] componentsJoinedByString:#""];
return combinedString;
}
// Now you can call the functions as in below where string_to_arrange is your string
NSArray *blowUpArray;
blowUpArray = makeArrayFromString(string_to_arrange);
blowUpArray = sortArrayAlphabetically(blowUpArray);
NSString *arrayToString= combineArrayIntoString(blowUpArray);
NSLog(#"arranged string = %#",arrayToString);
Just another example using NSMutableString and sortUsingComparator:
NSMutableString *mutableString = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:#"tomat"];
[mutableString appendString:#"o"];
NSLog(#"Orignal string: %#", mutableString);
NSMutableArray *charArray = [NSMutableArray array];
for (int i = 0; i < mutableString.length; ++i) {
[charArray addObject:[NSNumber numberWithChar:[mutableString characterAtIndex:i]]];
}
[charArray sortUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id _Nonnull obj1, id _Nonnull obj2) {
if ([obj1 charValue] < [obj2 charValue]) return NSOrderedAscending;
return NSOrderedDescending;
}];
[mutableString setString:#""];
for (int i = 0; i < charArray.count; ++i) {
[mutableString appendFormat:#"%c", [charArray[i] charValue]];
}
NSLog(#"Sorted string: %#", mutableString);
Output:
Orignal string: tomato
Sorted string: amoott