Find the index of a character in a string - iphone

Question

I have a string NSString *Original=#"88) 12-sep-2012"; or Original=#"8) blablabla";
I want to print only the characters before the ")" so how to find the index of the character ")". or how could i do it?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

To print the characters before the first right paren, you can do this:
NSString *str = [[yourString componentsSeparatedByString:#")"] objectAtIndex:0];
NSLog(#"%#", str);
// If you need the character index:
NSUInteger index = str.length;

Answer 2

U can find index of the character ")" like this:
NSString *Original=#"88) 12-sep-2012";
NSRange range = [Original rangeOfString:#")"];
if(range.location != NSNotFound)
{
NSString *result = [Original substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, range.location)];
}

Answer 3

You can use the following code to see the characters before ")"
// this would split the string into values which would be stored in an array
NSArray *splitStringArray = [yourString componentsSeparatedByString:#")"];
// this would display the characters before the character ")"
NSLog(#"%#", [splitStringArray objectAtIndex:0]);

Answer 4

NSUInteger index = [Original rangeOfString:#")"];
NSString *result = [Original substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, index)];

Answer 5

try the below code to get the index of a particular character in a string:-
NSString *string = #"88) 12-sep-2012";
NSCharacterSet *charSet = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:#")"];
NSRange range = [string rangeOfCharacterFromSet:charSet];
if (range.location == NSNotFound)
{
// ... oops
}
else {
NSLog(#"---%d", range.location);
// range.location is the index of character )
}
and to get the string before the ) character use this:-
NSString *str = [[string componentsSeparatedByString:#")"] objectAtIndex:0];

Answer 6

Another soluation:
NSString *Original=#"88) 12-sep-2012";
NSRange range = [Original rangeOfString:#")"];
NSString *result = Original;
if (range.location != NSNotFound)
{
result = [Original substringToIndex:range.location];
}
NSLog(#"Result: %#", result);