How to get the first N words from a NSString in Objective-C?

Question

What\'s the simplest way, given a string:

NSString *str = @\"Some really really long string is here and I just want the first 10 words, for example\";
         


        

Answer 1

Here's my solution, derived from the answers given here, for my own problem of removing the first word from a string...

NSMutableArray *words = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[lowerString componentsSeparatedByString:@" "]];
[words removeObjectAtIndex:0];
return [words componentsJoinedByString:@" "];