Re: checking if a string is with in a different string

FROM : j o a r
DATE : Wed Apr 13 15:32:29 2005

NSRange foundRange = [sourceStr rangeOfString: searchStr];

if (foundRange.location != NSNotFound)
{
   // Found
}
else
{
   // Not found
}

j o a r


On 2005-04-13, at 15.22, Tom Hancocks wrote:

> Sorry thats worded badly but i couldn't think of how else to put it,
> anyways. I have recently moved from RB, as stated in previous posts of
> mine, and i'm still trying to get to grips with it all, but i must say
> i am getting there, thankfully.
>
> I'm creating a search function for my program, and in RB i would of
> used the InStr function to check if a string occured in side another
> string for example
>
> searchString        :World
> string            :Hello World
> Found            :YES
>
> like i said i would of done
>
> if instr(String,SearchString)>0 Then
>     //It was found
> else
>     //not found
> end if
>
> In Obj-C i have tried to do this:
>
> if ([string compare:searchString] == NSNotFound){
>     //Not Found
> }else{
>     //Found
> }
>
> but it has not worked, could anyone help me out and tell where i'm
> going wrong?