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January 10, 2019 23:34
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This code helps you find strings nested into hierarchies of NSDictionary and NSArray
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// Usage: | |
// NSString *toFind = @"theString"; | |
// NSString *result = [self findStringInDictionary:dict searchString:toFind]; | |
-(NSString *)findStringInDictionary:(NSMutableDictionary *)dict searchString:(NSString *)searchString { | |
NSString __block *toReturn = nil; | |
[dict enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock:^(id _Nonnull key, id _Nonnull obj, BOOL * _Nonnull stop) { | |
if ([obj isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) { | |
if ([obj rangeOfString:searchString].location == 0) { | |
toReturn = key; | |
*stop = YES; | |
} | |
} else if ([obj isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) { | |
toReturn = [self findStringInArray:obj searchString:searchString]; | |
if (toReturn != nil) { *stop = YES; } | |
} else if ([obj isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) { | |
toReturn = [self findStringInDictionary:obj searchString:searchString]; | |
if (toReturn != nil) { *stop = YES; } | |
} | |
}]; | |
return toReturn; | |
} | |
-(NSString *)findStringInArray:(NSMutableArray *)array searchString:(NSString *)searchString { | |
NSString __block *toReturn = nil; | |
[array enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id _Nonnull obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL * _Nonnull stop) { | |
if ([obj isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) { | |
if ([obj rangeOfString:searchString].location == 0) { | |
toReturn = obj; | |
*stop = YES; | |
} | |
} else if ([obj isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) { | |
toReturn = [self findStringInArray:obj searchString:searchString]; | |
if (toReturn != nil) { *stop = YES; } | |
} else if ([obj isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) { | |
toReturn = [self findStringInDictionary:obj searchString:searchString]; | |
if (toReturn != nil) { *stop = YES; } | |
} | |
}]; | |
return toReturn; | |
} |
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