Question

I would like to search through my NSArray for a certain string.

Example:

NSArray has the objects: “dog”, “cat”, “fat dog”, “thing”, “another thing”, “heck here’s another thing”

I want to search for the word “another” and put the results into one array, and have the other, non results, into another array that can be filtered further.

Answer 1

Not tested so might have a syntax error, but you’ll get the idea.

NSArray* inputArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"dog", @"cat", @"fat dog", @"thing", @"another thing", @"heck here's another thing", nil];

NSMutableArray* containsAnother = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableArray* doesntContainAnother = [NSMutableArray array];

for (NSString* item in inputArray)
{
  if ([item rangeOfString:@"another"].location != NSNotFound)
    [containsAnother addObject:item];
  else
    [doesntContainAnother addObject:item];
}