if char in "=-)(*&^%$#..."

[Gefthebest]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was an easy was to check if there were special characters in a string..

In python programming language I know you can do:
for chars in someString:
if chars in "-)(*&^%^%$##@@;':,.":
do something...

It would basically be to check for special characters in a string and alert the user that they are not allowed...

Thanks

[Objective Zero]

How about this?

-(NSString*) replaceBadWords:(NSString*)userText {
    NSArray  *badWordsArray= [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"!", @"@", @"#", @"$", nil];
	
    for(NSString* s in badWordsArray){
		userText =[userText stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:s withString:@"" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch range:NSMakeRange(0,[userText length])];
    }
	
    return userText;
}

userText is the NSString

[Gefthebest]

Hm, I just read about the for each loop and I thought of using it... But its just really code consuming to have to write an array with all the special characters in...
I might find a way using the ASCII code starting first special character and incrementing until the last one...

But I wished there was an easy function like in python...

Thanks for the help

[BrianSlick]

Take a look at NSCharacterSet.

[Applesnaps]

Originally Posted by Gefthebest

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was an easy was to check if there were special characters in a string..

In python programming language I know you can do:
for chars in someString:
if chars in "-)(*&^%^%$##@@;':,.":
do something...

It would basically be to check for special characters in a string and alert the user that they are not allowed...

Thanks

For more advanced options use a regular expression. Just drag and drop .h and .m file from RegexKitLite or any other regex framework and of you go.