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In Swift 2 advance is no longer a global function but now a function on Index. s.startIndex.advanceBy(5)

Daniel Galasko
– Daniel Galasko

2015-11-09 13:04:30 +00:00
Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 13:04
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Doesn't work for Swift 2.1. I got the msg: "value of type 'index'...has no member 'advancedBy'".

Frederick C. Lee
– Frederick C. Lee

2015-11-11 21:32:25 +00:00
Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 21:32
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@FrederickC.Lee new syntax is s.startIndex.advancedBy(1)

carbonr
– carbonr

2016-02-08 20:22:36 +00:00
Commented Feb 8, 2016 at 20:22
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Using NSString isn't really a Swift answer.

Suragch
– Suragch

2016-09-24 06:32:58 +00:00
Commented Sep 24, 2016 at 6:32
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@benleggiero - did you read the answer? There are two methods given, one using Swift, one using NSString...

Grimxn
– Grimxn

2017-04-21 05:27:45 +00:00
Commented Apr 21, 2017 at 5:27

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