How do I check if a string contains another string in Swift?
Extension way
Swift 4
extension String {
func contains(find: String) -> Bool{
return self.range(of: find) != nil
}
func containsIgnoringCase(find: String) -> Bool{
return self.range(of: find, options: .caseInsensitive) != nil
}
}
var value = "Hello world"
print(value.contains("Hello")) // true
print(value.contains("bo")) // false
print(value.containsIgnoringCase(find: "hello")) // true
print(value.containsIgnoringCase(find: "Hello")) // true
print(value.containsIgnoringCase(find: "bo")) // false
Generally Swift 4 has contains method however it available from iOS 8.0+
Swift 3.1
You can write extension contains:
and containsIgnoringCase
for String
extension String {
func contains(_ find: String) -> Bool{
return self.range(of: find) != nil
}
func containsIgnoringCase(_ find: String) -> Bool{
return self.range(of: find, options: .caseInsensitive) != nil
}
}
Older Swift version
extension String {
func contains(find: String) -> Bool{
return self.rangeOfString(find) != nil
}
func containsIgnoringCase(find: String) -> Bool{
return self.rangeOfString(find, options: NSStringCompareOptions.CaseInsensitiveSearch) != nil
}
}
Example:
var value = "Hello world"
print(value.contains("Hello")) // true
print(value.contains("bo")) // false
print(value.containsIgnoringCase("hello")) // true
print(value.containsIgnoringCase("Hello")) // true
print(value.containsIgnoringCase("bo")) // false
You can do exactly the same call with Swift:
Swift 4 & Swift 5
In Swift 4 String is a collection of Character
values, it wasn't like this in Swift 2 and 3, so you can use this more concise code1:
let string = "hello Swift"
if string.contains("Swift") {
print("exists")
}
Swift 3.0+
var string = "hello Swift"
if string.range(of:"Swift") != nil {
print("exists")
}
// alternative: not case sensitive
if string.lowercased().range(of:"swift") != nil {
print("exists")
}
Older Swift
var string = "hello Swift"
if string.rangeOfString("Swift") != nil{
println("exists")
}
// alternative: not case sensitive
if string.lowercaseString.rangeOfString("swift") != nil {
println("exists")
}
I hope this is a helpful solution since some people, including me, encountered some strange problems by calling containsString()
.1
PS. Don't forget to import Foundation
Footnotes
- Just remember that using collection functions on Strings has some edge cases which can give you unexpected results, e. g. when dealing with emojis or other grapheme clusters like accented letters.