Remove the last character in the UITextField

Question

I am trying to remove the last character in the UITextField if the character count goes over 200. But it has no effect:

func textField(textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
        print(textField.text?.characters.count)
        if (textField.text?.characters.count > 200){
            self.textField.shake()
            self.textField.becomeFirstResponder()
            self.textField.text?.characters.dropLast()
        }
        return true
    }

Rashid · Answer 1 · 2016-03-08T11:53:56.463

    func textField(textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool // return NO to not change text
{

    let textFieldString = textField.text! as NSString;

    var newString = textFieldString.stringByReplacingCharactersInRange(range, withString:string)

    if newString.characters.count > 200 {

// This will remove just last character, If u want to remove all the characters starting from 201st character pass 200 to substringToIndex method
        newString = newString.substringToIndex(newString.endIndex.advancedBy(-1))
        textField.text = newString

        return false
    }

   return true

}

Ahmed Onawale · Answer 2 · 2016-03-08T10:00:41.917

You can remove the last element of the textField's text characters with any of the following methods:

let myString = "Hello!"
let result1 = myString.substringToIndex(myString.endIndex.advancedBy(-1)) // Hello

var anotherString = "World!"
let result2 = String.init(anotherString.characters.dropLast()) // World

func textField(textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
  var newString = (textField.text! as NSString).stringByReplacingCharactersInRange(range, withString: string)
  print(newString.characters.count)
  if newString.characters.count > 200{
    self.textField.shake()
    self.textField.becomeFirstResponder()
    self.textField.text = String.init(newString.characters.dropLast())
    //or self.textField.text = newString.substringToIndex(newString.endIndex.advancedBy(-1))
  }
  return true
}

Thanks, it really helped me :) – Jayesh Gyanchandani Feb 03 '17 at 05:54 — Jayesh Gyanchandani, Feb 03 '17 at 05:54

Ionut · Answer 3 · 2016-03-08T11:18:49.050

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Try this:

let string = self.textField.text?.characters.dropLast()
self.textField.text = String(string)

edited Mar 08 '16 at 11:18

answered Mar 08 '16 at 09:09

Ionut

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Error: `Cannot assign valye of type "SubSequence?" to type "String?"` – Sibling Thor Mar 08 '16 at 09:12
the problem is that you need to take the replacing into account. you act on the unedited value – Daij-Djan Mar 08 '16 at 11:13

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 26 '21 at 09:05

Add String extension

extension String {
    func getSubString(from: Int, to: Int) -> String {
       let startIndex = self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: from)
       let endIndex = self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: to)
       return String(self[startIndex..<endIndex])
   }
}

Usage

if let text = exerciseAnswer.text, text.count > 0 {
    exerciseAnswer.text = text.getSubString(from: 0, to: text.count - 1)
}

Remove the last character in the UITextField

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