Strings | Beginning Swift [Instructor Edition]

Substring

SubString is for strings what ArraySlice is for arrays: a view of a part of a string, where its startIndex and endIndex are indices into the original string. It conforms to the same protocols as String:

StringProtocol contains many of the common text operations, so when you write functions that take a string parameter you can often use StringProtocol instead to also accept substrings. When you do, you have to use generics, as shown here:

func foo<S: StringProtocol>(s: S) {
  // use 's' almost like a normal string.
}

Just as with ArraySlice, substrings keep a reference to the entire string, so when you are done processing substrings you should turn them into normal strings and allow the original string to be released (if nothing else is using it):

String(substring)

Creating Substrings

Substrings can be created in many different ways:

We can create substrings by passing a range of indices to a string subscript:
```
string[from..<upTo]
string[from...upToAndIncluding...
```

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Beginning Swift [Instructor Edition]

By : Rob Kerr, Kåre Morstøl

Beginning Swift [Instructor Edition]

By: Rob Kerr, Kåre Morstøl

Overview of this book

Substring

Creating Substrings

Beginning Swift [Instructor Edition]

By : Rob Kerr, Kåre Morstøl

Beginning Swift [Instructor Edition]

By: Rob Kerr, Kåre Morstøl

Overview of this book

Substring

Creating Substrings

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