How can I get word between spaces in UITextView?

Question

I need get all the words of a UITextView of individual form. In an array for example.

Salman Zaidi · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-29T11:29:19.800

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Simple.. Just use this if you have one space between two words:

NSArray *words = [textview.text componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];

OR if there is the possibility of multiple spaces between words:

NSArray *words = [textview.text componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]]

edited Nov 29 '13 at 11:29

answered Nov 29 '13 at 11:23

Salman Zaidi

if it has two or multiple spaces what you can do – codercat Nov 29 '13 at 11:24
Well, there can be unlimited cases just like double spaces.. It all depends on data entry. format of data. :) – Salman Zaidi Nov 29 '13 at 11:27
see the edited post. @iDev now it will take care of multiple spaces – Salman Zaidi Nov 29 '13 at 11:29
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This is a naive solution. Not all languages separate words with a space, for example. If you're tokenizing natural languages, look at the `NSString` method `enumerateSubstringsInRange:options:usingBlock:` or use a `CFStringTokenizer` – David Snabel-Caunt Nov 29 '13 at 11:36

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