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Posted by samarth sharma
samarth sharma
1,758 Points

how to identify keywords in a string

how do i identify a particular word in a string and return something in swift 2.0

something like a search engine ?

1 Answer

Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points
Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points

Hey samarth sharma,

You can use the contains() method on a String. It takes in a string as its argument and returns a boolean based on the result. For example:

let aString = "This is a string"
let result = aString.contains("is")
print(result) // will print true

Good Luck

samarth sharma
samarth sharma
1,758 Points

hey thanks for the help but i am trying to find a particular word in an input of string type

suppose the input string says "hey i like swift 2.0"

i want to find the keyword "swift" from the input.

likewise i want to be able to find multiple keywords that i mention to be found within an input