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Get the length of a String
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In the previous version of Swift, I had the following code.
func myfunc(mystr: String) {
if mystr.utf16Count >= 3 {
With the latest release of Swift 1.2, I now get the following error.
'utf16Count' is unavailable: Take the count of a UTF-16 view instead, i.e. count(str.utf16)
Ok, so I change my code as follows.
func myfunc(mystr: String) {
if count(mystr.utf16) >= 3 {
But that doesn't work. I now get the following error message instead.
'(String.UTF16View) -> _' is not identical to 'Int16'
What is the correct way to get the length of a string with Swift 1.2?
You can use extension for it like:
extension String {
var length: Int { return count(self) } // Swift 1.2
}
and you can use it:
if mystr.length >= 3 {
}
Or you can directly count this way:
if count(mystr) >= 3{
}
And this is also working for me :
if count(mystr.utf16) >= 3 {
}
For Swift 2.0:
extension String {
var length: Int {
return characters.count
}
}
let str = "Hello, World"
str.length //12
Another extension:
extension String {
var length: Int {
return (self as NSString).length
}
}
let str = "Hello, World"
str.length //12
If you want direct use:
let str: String = "Hello, World"
print(str.characters.count) // 12
let str1: String = "Hello, World"
print(str1.endIndex) // 12
let str2 = "Hello, World"
NSString(string: str2).length //12
You have to use characters property that contains the property count :
yourString.characters.count
Swift 2.0 UPDATE
extension String {
var count: Int { return self.characters.count }
}
Use:
var str = "I love Swift 2.0!"
var n = str.count
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Here is all in one -- copied from here
let str = "Hello"
let count = str.length // returns 5 (Int)
extension String {
var length: Int { return countElements(self) } // Swift 1.1
}
extension String {
var length: Int { return count(self) } // Swift 1.2
}
extension String {
var length: Int { return characters.count } // Swift 2.0
}
count(mystr)
is the correct way, you do not need to convert the encoding.
This: if count(mystr.utf16) >= 3
is fine as long as you do Int16(3)
Edit: this is an old answer. OP updated his question to reflect Swift 2 and the above answer is correct.