How to split items in a string separated by ","

Question

In my App, data comes in String like this

"Hi,Hello,Bye"

I want to separate data by ","

How can I do that?

Solution 1

use componentsSeparatedByString:

NSString *str = @"Hi,Hello,Bye";  
NSArray *arr = [str componentsSeparatedByString:@","];  
NSString *strHi = [arr objectAtIndex:0];  
NSString *strHello = [arr objectAtIndex:1];
NSString *strBye = [arr objectAtIndex:2];

Solution 2

NSString *str = @"Hi,Hello,Bye";

NSArray *aArray = [str componentsSeparatedByString:@","];

For more info, look at this post.

Solution 3

Well, the naïve approach would be to use componentsSeparatedByString:, as suggested in the other answers.

However, if your data is truly in the CSV format, you'd do well to consider using a proper CSV parser, such as this one (which I wrote): https://github.com/davedelong/CHCSVParser

Solution 4

Use [myString componentsSeparatedByString:@","].

Solution 5

NSArray *components = [@"Hi,Hello,Bye" componentsSeparatedByString:@","];

Apple's String Programming Guide will help you get up to speed.

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Comments

[Devang]

CSV example would be useful in future. Thanks

[Josh Lehman]

This is incorrect. The correct syntax is noted in the answer below: [str componentsSeparatedByString:@","];