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iOS

Posted by Tom Coomer
Tom Coomer
1,331 Points

Check if label contains string

I would like to have a button that checks if a label contains certain words within a string.

E.G.

mylabel = @"Treehouse is the best."

the button will check for the word"Treehouse" and perform an action. If the string does not contain treehouse it will perform another action.

1 Answer

Derek Medlin
Derek Medlin
6,151 Points
Derek Medlin
Derek Medlin
6,151 Points 
    NSString *substring = @"Treehouse";

    if ([myLabel.text rangeOfString:substring].location != NSNotFound){ 
        NSLog(@"myLabel contains the word Treehouse"); 

    // do stuff
    } 
    else{ 
        NSLog(@"myLabel doesn't contain the word Treehouse :("); 

    // do stuff
    }