On 16 Aug 2014, at 16:25, Stephen J. Butler <stephen.but...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Try:
> 
> import Cocoa
> 
> let s = "hallo\there"
> let aas = NSMutableAttributedString(string: s, attributes: nil)
> 
> if let rangeOfTab = s.rangeOfString( "\t" ) {
>     let colour = NSColor.grayColor()
>     let length = distance(s.startIndex, rangeOfTab.startIndex)
>     let aRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: length)
>     aas.addAttribute(NSForegroundColorAttributeName, value: colour, range: 
> aRange)
> }

I did try and it works perfectly.
Thanks a lot!

> 
> Maybe read more:
> 
> http://oleb.net/blog/2014/07/swift-strings/

Very useful text. Thanks for the link!


> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> 
> wrote:
> import Cocoa
> 
> let s = "hallo\there"
> let aas = NSMutableAttributedString( string: s, attributes: nil )
> 
> let rangeOfTab = s.rangeOfString( "\t" )
> if rangeOfTab != nil
> {
>         let colour = NSColor.grayColor()
>         let locationOfTab = rangeOfTab!.startIndex
>         let aRange = NSRange( location: 0, length: locationOfTab ) <--  
> error: 'String.Index' is not convertible to 'Int'
>         aas.addAttribute( NSForegroundColorAttributeName, value: colour, 
> range: aRange )
> }
> 
> How can I convert a String.Index into an UInt (or Int or whatever)?

Kind regards,

Gerriet.


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