Question

I am trying to search for a string within an array, but I only want to search the last five objects in the array for the string.

I have been fiddling with every parameter I can find on NSRange to no avail.

I would post some example code, but I can’t even get out the line I need, whether its through introspection, enumeration, or just some NSRange call that I missed.

Answer 1

Try this :-

//Take only last 5 objects
NSRange range = NSMakeRange([mutableArray1 count] - 5, 5);
NSMutableArray *mutableArray2 = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:
                                  [mutableArray1 subarrayWithRange:range]];
//Now apply search logic on your mutableArray2
for (int i=0;i<[mutableArray2 count];i++)
    {
        if ([[mutableArray2 objectAtIndex:i] isEqualToString:matchString])
        {
            //String matched
        }
    }

Hope this helps you!