Assume that I have a String like this:
hello world this may have lots of sp:ace or little space
I would like to seperate this String to this:
@"hello", @"world", @"this", @"may", @"have", @"lots", @"of", @"sp:ace", @"or", @"little", @"space"
Thank you.
NSString *aString = @"hello world this may have lots of sp:ace or little space";
NSArray *array = [aString componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
array = [array filteredArrayUsingPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF != ''"]];
typed into this form untested
I'd suggest a two-step aproach:
NSArray *wordsAndEmptyStrings = [yourLongString componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
NSArray *words = [wordsAndEmptyStrings filteredArrayUsingPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"length > 0"]];
This has worked for me
NSString * str = @"Hi Hello How Are You ?";
NSArray * arr = [str componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
NSLog(@"Array values are : %@",arr);
It's very easy to do this with blocks, try something like this :
NSString* s = @"hello world this may have lots of space or little space";
NSMutableArray* ar = [NSMutableArray array];
[s enumerateSubstringsInRange:NSMakeRange(0, [s length]) options:NSStringEnumerationByWords usingBlock:^(NSString* word, NSRange wordRange, NSRange enclosingRange, BOOL* stop){
[ar addObject:word];
}];
NSString * mainString = @"Today is your day";
NSArray * array = [mainString componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
NSLog(@"Expected string is : %@",array);