How can I get the nth character of a string? I tried bracket([]
) accessor with no luck.
var string = \"Hello, world!\"
var firstChar = string[
I based my answer off of @alecarlson's answer.
The only big difference is you can get a Substring
or a String
returned (and in some cases, a single Character
). You can also get
and set
the subscript.
Lastly, mine is a bit more cumbersome and longer than @alecarlson's answer and as such, I suggest you put it in a source file.
public extension String {
public subscript (i: Int) -> Character {
get {
return self[index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)]
}
set (c) {
let n = index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)
replaceSubrange(n...n, with: "\(c)")
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountableRange) -> Substring {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return self[start ..< end]
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(start ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountableClosedRange) -> Substring {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return self[start ... end]
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(start ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountablePartialRangeFrom) -> Substring {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(endIndex, offsetBy: -1)
return self[start ... end]
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(endIndex, offsetBy: -1)
replaceSubrange(start ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: PartialRangeThrough) -> Substring {
get {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return self[startIndex ... end]
}
set (s) {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(startIndex ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: PartialRangeUpTo) -> Substring {
get {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return self[startIndex ..< end]
}
set (s) {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(startIndex ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (i: Int) -> String {
get {
return "\(self[index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)])"
}
set (c) {
let n = index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)
self.replaceSubrange(n...n, with: "\(c)")
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountableRange) -> String {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return "\(self[start ..< end])"
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(start ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountableClosedRange) -> String {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return "\(self[start ... end])"
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(start ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountablePartialRangeFrom) -> String {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(endIndex, offsetBy: -1)
return "\(self[start ... end])"
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(endIndex, offsetBy: -1)
replaceSubrange(start ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: PartialRangeThrough) -> String {
get {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return "\(self[startIndex ... end])"
}
set (s) {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(startIndex ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: PartialRangeUpTo) -> String {
get {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return "\(self[startIndex ..< end])"
}
set (s) {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(startIndex ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (i: Int) -> Substring {
get {
return Substring("\(self[index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)])")
}
set (c) {
let n = index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)
replaceSubrange(n...n, with: "\(c)")
}
}
}
public extension Substring {
public subscript (i: Int) -> Character {
get {
return self[index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)]
}
set (c) {
let n = index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)
replaceSubrange(n...n, with: "\(c)")
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountableRange) -> Substring {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return self[start ..< end]
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(start ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountableClosedRange) -> Substring {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return self[start ... end]
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(start ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountablePartialRangeFrom) -> Substring {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(endIndex, offsetBy: -1)
return self[start ... end]
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(endIndex, offsetBy: -1)
replaceSubrange(start ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: PartialRangeThrough) -> Substring {
get {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return self[startIndex ... end]
}
set (s) {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(startIndex ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: PartialRangeUpTo) -> Substring {
get {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return self[startIndex ..< end]
}
set (s) {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(startIndex ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (i: Int) -> String {
get {
return "\(self[index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)])"
}
set (c) {
let n = index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)
replaceSubrange(n...n, with: "\(c)")
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountableRange) -> String {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return "\(self[start ..< end])"
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(start ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountableClosedRange) -> String {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return "\(self[start ... end])"
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(start ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: CountablePartialRangeFrom) -> String {
get {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(endIndex, offsetBy: -1)
return "\(self[start ... end])"
}
set (s) {
let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.lowerBound)
let end = index(endIndex, offsetBy: -1)
replaceSubrange(start ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: PartialRangeThrough) -> String {
get {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return "\(self[startIndex ... end])"
}
set (s) {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(startIndex ... end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (bounds: PartialRangeUpTo) -> String {
get {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
return "\(self[startIndex ..< end])"
}
set (s) {
let end = index(startIndex, offsetBy: bounds.upperBound)
replaceSubrange(startIndex ..< end, with: s)
}
}
public subscript (i: Int) -> Substring {
get {
return Substring("\(self[index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)])")
}
set (c) {
let n = index(startIndex, offsetBy: i)
replaceSubrange(n...n, with: "\(c)")
}
}
}