StringInChain

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A fast and convenient approach to creating an AttributedString.

StringInChain gives you a far superior method to create an attributed string than what the mutable class provides out of the box. [Additions by D Hoerl documented near the bottom]

The Standard Way

Creating an attributed string is complex and wordy:

let baseString: NSString = "String In Chain"
var attrText = NSMutableAttributedString(string: baseString as String)
attrText.addAttribute(NSForegroundColorAttributeName, value: UIColor.blueColor(), range: baseString.rangeOfString("String"))
attrText.addAttribute(NSFontAttributeName, value: UIFont(name: "Avenir", size: 30.0)!, range: baseString.rangeOfString("String"))
attrText.addAttribute(NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName, value: 1, range: baseString.rangeOfString("In"))
attrText.addAttribute(NSUnderlineColorAttributeName, value: UIColor.yellowColor(), range: baseString.rangeOfString("In"))
attrText.addAttribute(NSStrokeWidthAttributeName, value: 1, range: baseString.rangeOfString("Chain"))
attrText.addAttribute(NSStrokeColorAttributeName, value: UIColor.blackColor(), range: baseString.rangeOfString("Chain"))
label.attributedText = attrText

Using StringInChain

let baseString = "String In Chain"
var attrText = baseString.chain { (string) -> Void in
    string.match("String").withColor(UIColor.blueColor()).withFont(UIFont(name: "Avenir", size: 30.0)!)
    string.match("In").underline(1, andColor: UIColor.yellowColor())
    string.match("Chain").withStroke(1, andColor: UIColor.blackColor())
}
label.attributedText = attrText.attrString

In addition to match(text: String) (which only finds the first occurrence of string), you can use:

match(from: Int, to:Int)

For example:

string.match(from: 7, to: 10).withColor(UIColor.blueColor()).withFont(UIFont(name: "Avenir", size: 30.0)!)

This way you can create AttributedString by match range from and to

If you want, there is also a terse inline way to make an AttributedString

label.attributedText = "String In Chain".match("String").withColor(UIColor.blueColor()).withFont(UIFont(name: "Avenir", size: 30.0)!).attrString

Clean and Easy, don't you think?

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D. Hoerl changed the match parameter to be an optional defaulting to nil, so you can use:

label.attributedText = "String In Chain".match().withColor(UIColor.blueColor()).withFont(UIFont(name: "Avenir", size: 30.0)!).attrString

and have the compete string set to the specified color and font. Since it's fairly easy to append.

Also added support for + to NSAttributedString, so you can easily chain attributed strings together.

Usage

To run the example project, clone the repo, and run pod install from the Example directory first.

Requirements

Installation

StringInChain is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:

pod "StringInChain"

Author

Lukasz Solniczek, l dot solniczek at gmail dot com

License

StringInChain is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.