I have an string which is got from parsing an xml site.
http://www.arijasoft.com/givemesomthing.php?a=3434&b=435edsf&c=500
I want to have an NSString function that will be able to parse the value of c. Is there a default function or do i have to write it manually.
You could use Regular expression via RegExKit Lite: http://regexkit.sourceforge.net/RegexKitLite/
Or you could separate the string into components (which is less nice):
NSString *url=@"http://www.arijasoft.com/givemesomthing.php?a=3434&b=435edsf&c=500";
NSArray *comp1 = [url componentsSeparatedByString:@"?"];
NSString *query = [comp1 lastObject];
NSArray *queryElements = [query componentsSeparatedByString:@"&"];
for (NSString *element in queryElements) {
NSArray *keyVal = [element componentsSeparatedByString:@"="];
if (keyVal.count > 0) {
NSString *variableKey = [keyVal objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *value = (keyVal.count == 2) ? [keyVal lastObject] : nil;
}
}
NSString *value = [element substringFromIndex:[element rangeOfString:@"="].location+1]; NSString *variableKey = [element substringToIndex:[element rangeOfString:@"="].location];
I made a class that does this parsing for you using an NSScanner, as an answer to the same question a few days ago. You might find it useful.
You can easily use it like:
URLParser *parser = [[[URLParser alloc] initWithURLString:@"http://www.arijasoft.com/givemesomthing.php?a=3434&b=435edsf&c=500"] autorelease];
NSString *c = [parser valueForVariable:@"c"]; //c=500
Try the following:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.arijasoft.com/givemesomthing.php?a=3434&b=435edsf&c=500"];
NSMutableString *parameterString = [NSMutableString stringWithFormat:@"{%@;}",[url parameterString]];
[parameterString replaceOccurrencesOfString:@"&" withString:@";"];
// Convert string into Dictionary
NSPropertyListFormat format;
NSString *error;
NSDictionary *paramDict = [NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListFromData:[parameterString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] mutabilityOption: NSPropertyListImmutable format:&format errorDescription:&error];
// Now take the parameter you want
NSString *value = [paramDict valueForKey:@"c"];
Here is the native iOS approach using NSURLComponents and NSURLQueryItem classes:
NSString *theURLString = @"http://www.arijasoft.com/givemesomthing.php?a=3434&b=435edsf&c=500";
NSArray<NSURLQueryItem *> *theQueryItemsArray = [NSURLComponents componentsWithString:theURLString].queryItems;
for (NSURLQueryItem *theQueryItem in theQueryItemsArray)
{
NSLog(@"%@ %@", theQueryItem.name, theQueryItem.value);
}
