Re: Searching in NSArray

2009-06-05 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Pierce Freeman wrote: > This looks like an interesting lead, I'll look into it later. Not to discourage you from reading the documentation, but this is how you would use it: -(NSArray *)itemsInArray:(NSArray *)inArray containingSubstring:(NSString *)substring { r

Re: Searching in NSArray

2009-06-05 Thread KK
instead of [s isEqualToString:], you could use [s compare:] On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Pierce Freeman wrote: > Hi KK: > > I was aware of this method to do so, but can this be done if you needed to > search for, say, “Good” and wanted it to return Goodbye? > > Thanks for your help. > > > O

Re: Searching in NSArray

2009-06-05 Thread Pierce Freeman
Kyle: This looks like an interesting lead, I'll look into it later. On 6/5/09 8:52 AM, "Kyle Sluder" wrote: > Look at the predicate programming guide, documentation for > NSPredicate, and -[NSArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate:]. > > --Kyle Sluder

Re: Searching in NSArray

2009-06-05 Thread Pierce Freeman
Hi KK: I was aware of this method to do so, but can this be done if you needed to search for, say, ³Good² and wanted it to return Goodbye? Thanks for your help. On 6/5/09 8:50 AM, "KK" wrote: > I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but Objective-C 2.0 has this: > > NSArray *a = [N

Re: Searching in NSArray

2009-06-05 Thread Kyle Sluder
Look at the predicate programming guide, documentation for NSPredicate, and -[NSArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate:]. --Kyle Sluder ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the lis

Re: Searching in NSArray

2009-06-05 Thread Keary Suska
On Jun 5, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Pierce Freeman wrote: Hi Everyone: I am most likely overlooking this function, but I just can't seem to find it in the documentation. I am looking for some way to search an NSArray listing for one string that is part of multiple objects in the array. This sear

Re: Searching in NSArray

2009-06-05 Thread KK
I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but Objective-C 2.0 has this: NSArray *a = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Hello",@"Goodbye",nil]; for (NSString *s in a) { if ([s isEqualToString:@"Goodbye"]) { NSLog(@"it is equal"); } } And you can have an additional int (or NSInteg