Question

I have three type of string and i want to format that string to get street number, street name, city name.

The first type is : 34 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Here i want to make it like 
street number : 34
street name : Ellis Street
city name : San Francisco


The second type is : 4FL, 800 Market Street, San Francisco
Here i want to delete 4FL, 
And i want to make it like 
street number : 800
street name : Market Street
city name : San Francisco

The third type is : Ellis & Market, San Francisco
Here i want to make it like 
street number : 
street name : Ellis & Market
city name : San Francisco

How can i do this or any link that show string formatting like this than please suggest.And yes the string i write here is just a format of string i get,string will be changed every time.

Answer 1

The address string is passed to this method and then it is converted into an array having 3 string objects containing streetNumber, streetName and cityName. Then the array is returned to the caller.

-(NSArray *)brakeAddress:(NSString *)address{

     NSMutableArray *arr=[NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[address componentsSeparatedByString:@","]];

     if (arr.count>2) {
     [arr removeObjectAtIndex:0];
     }

     NSInteger streetNameInd=[arr count]-2, cityNameInd=[arr count]-1;

     NSMutableArray *streetNameArray=[NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:arr[0], nil];

     if ([arr[streetNameInd] intValue]) {

     streetNameArray=[NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:([arr[streetNameInd] componentsSeparatedByString:@" "])];

     [streetNameArray removeObjectAtIndex:0];
     if ([streetNameArray[0] intValue] ==[arr[streetNameInd] intValue]) {
     [streetNameArray removeObjectAtIndex:0];
     }
     }

     NSString *streetName=[streetNameArray componentsJoinedByString:@" "];

     NSString *streetNumber=@"";
     if ([arr[streetNameInd] intValue]!=0) {
     streetNumber=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", [arr[streetNameInd] intValue]];
     }

    NSString *city=arr[cityNameInd];
    // NSLog(@"\nstreet number :%@\nstreet name  :%@\ncity name :%@",streetNumber, streetName,city);

    NSArray *addressParts=[NSArray arrayWithObjects:streetNumber, streetName, city, nil];

    return addressParts;
}

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification{

    NSString *str1=@"34 Ellis Street, San Francisco";
    NSString *str2=@"4FL, 800 Market Street, San Francisco";
    NSString *str3=@"Ellis & Market, San Francisco";

    NSArray *firstAddress=[self brakeAddress:str1];
    NSArray *secondAddress=[self brakeAddress:str2];
    NSArray *thirdAddress=[self brakeAddress:str3];

    NSLog(@"\n1st : street number :%@\nstreet name  :%@\ncity name :%@",firstAddress[0],firstAddress[1],firstAddress[2]);
    NSLog(@"\n2nd : street number :%@\nstreet name  :%@\ncity name :%@",secondAddress[0],secondAddress[1],secondAddress[2]);
    NSLog(@"\n3rd : street number :%@\nstreet name  :%@\ncity name :%@",thirdAddress[0],thirdAddress[1],thirdAddress[2]);


}