Find one string in another with case insensitive in Objective-C

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My question is similar to How do I check if a string contains another string in Objective-C?

How can I check if a string (NSString) contains another smaller string but with ignoring case?

NSString *string = @"hello bla bla";

I was hoping for something like:

NSLog(@"%d",[string containsSubstring:@"BLA"]);

Anyway is there any way to find if a string contains another string with ignore case ? But please do not convert both strings to UpperCase or to LowerCase.

Why don't you want to do it by converting both strings to lowercase / uppercase? That would be the best way to do it or use `NSRegularExpression`. — mattjgalloway, Feb 13 '12 at 10:11

score 87 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 01 '20 at 01:28

87

As similar to the answer provided in the link, but use options.

See - (NSRange)rangeOfString:(NSString *)aString options:(NSStringCompareOptions)mask in Apple doc

NSString *string = @"hello bla bla";

if ([string rangeOfString:@"BLA" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch].location == NSNotFound)
{
    NSLog(@"string does not contain bla");
} 
else 
{
    NSLog(@"string contains bla!");
}

edited Jan 01 '20 at 01:28

Cœur

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answered Feb 13 '12 at 10:10

Ilanchezhian

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score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '16 at 10:29

From iOS 8 you can add the containsString: or localizedCaseInsensitiveContainsString method to NSString.

if ([string localizedCaseInsensitiveContainsString:@"BlA"]) {
    NSLog(@"string contains Case Insensitive bla!");
} else {
    NSLog(@"string does not contain bla");
}

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 13 '12 at 10:10

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NSString *string = @"hello BLA";
if ([string rangeOfString:@"bla" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch].location == NSNotFound) {
    NSLog(@"string does not contain bla");
} else {
    NSLog(@"string contains bla!");
}

answered Feb 13 '12 at 10:10

Inder Kumar Rathore

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 21 '23 at 06:37

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For Swift 4:

extension String {
    func containsCaseInsensitive(string : String) -> Bool {
        return self.localizedCaseInsensitiveContains(string)
    }
}

Usage:

print("Hello".containsCaseInsensitive(string: "LLO"))

Output:

true

edited Feb 21 '23 at 06:37

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answered Jun 25 '18 at 11:07

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 13 '12 at 10:10

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The method

[string rangeOfString:@"bla" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];

should help you.

answered Feb 13 '12 at 10:10

Pierre

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 13 '12 at 10:11

You can use -(NSRange)rangeOfString:(NSString *)aString options:(NSStringCompareOptions)mask; to get a range for a substring, the mask parameter is used to specify case insensitive match.

Example :

NSRange r = [str rangeOfString:@"BLA"
                       options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];

As stated in the documentation, the method returns a range like {NSNotFound, 0} when the substring isn't found.

BOOL b = r.location == NSNotFound;

Important this method raises an exception if the string is nil.

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