Extract values between parenthesis from NSString

Question

I have an NSString that will be something like \"xxxx (yyyyy)\" where x and y can be any character. I\'d like to extract just the y from inside the parenthesis. I managed to ext

Answer 1

Just to be complete:

If you are absolutely sure of the format of your output you can use the array methods:

NSString *inputString; // this is in the form "xxxx(yyyy)"

NSCharacterSet *delimiters = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"()"];
NSArray *splitString = [inputString componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:delimiters];

NSString *xString = [splitString objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *yString = [splitString objectAtIndex:1];

Of course, you need to be sure that the delimiting characters don’t exist in the inputString