How can I convert NSRange
to Range<String.Index>
in Swift?
I want to use the following UITextFieldDelegate
method:
func textField(textField: UITextField!,
shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange,
replacementString string: String!) -> Bool {
textField.text.stringByReplacingCharactersInRange(???, withString: string)
The NSString
version (as opposed to Swift String) of replacingCharacters(in: NSRange, with: NSString)
accepts an NSRange
, so one simple solution is to convert String
to NSString
first. The delegate and replacement method names are slightly different in Swift 3 and 2, so depending on which Swift you\'re using:
Swift 3.0
func textField(_ textField: UITextField,
shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange,
replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
let nsString = textField.text as NSString?
let newString = nsString?.replacingCharacters(in: range, with: string)
}
Swift 2.x
func textField(textField: UITextField,
shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange,
replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
let nsString = textField.text as NSString?
let newString = nsString?.stringByReplacingCharactersInRange(range, withString: string)
}
As of Swift 4 (Xcode 9), the Swift standard
library provides methods to convert between Swift string ranges
(Range<String.Index>
) and NSString
ranges (NSRange
).
Example:
let str = \"a