Trim spaces from end of a NSString

Solution 1:

Taken from this answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5691567/251012

- (NSString *)stringByTrimmingTrailingCharactersInSet:(NSCharacterSet *)characterSet {
    NSRange rangeOfLastWantedCharacter = [self rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[characterSet invertedSet]
                                                               options:NSBackwardsSearch];
    if (rangeOfLastWantedCharacter.location == NSNotFound) {
        return @"";
    }
    return [self substringToIndex:rangeOfLastWantedCharacter.location+1]; // non-inclusive
}

Solution 2:

Another solution involves creating mutable string:

//make mutable string
NSMutableString *stringToTrim = [@" i needz trim " mutableCopy];

//pass it by reference to CFStringTrimSpace
CFStringTrimWhiteSpace((__bridge CFMutableStringRef) stringToTrim);

//stringToTrim is now "i needz trim"

Solution 3:

Here you go...

- (NSString *)removeEndSpaceFrom:(NSString *)strtoremove{
    NSUInteger location = 0;
    unichar charBuffer[[strtoremove length]];
    [strtoremove getCharacters:charBuffer];
    int i = 0;
    for(i = [strtoremove length]; i >0; i--) {
        NSCharacterSet* charSet = [NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet];
        if(![charSet characterIsMember:charBuffer[i - 1]]) {
            break;
        }
    }
    return [strtoremove substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(location, i  - location)];
}

So now just call it. Supposing you have a string that has spaces on the front and spaces on the end and you just want to remove the spaces on the end, you can call it like this:

NSString *oneTwoThree = @"  TestString   ";
NSString *resultString;
resultString = [self removeEndSpaceFrom:oneTwoThree];

resultString will then have no spaces at the end.

Solution 4:

NSString *trimmedString = [string stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:
                              [NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
//for remove whitespace and new line character

NSString *trimmedString = [string stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:
                              [NSCharacterSet punctuationCharacterSet]]; 
//for remove characters in punctuation category

There are many other CharacterSets. Check it yourself as per your requirement.

Solution 5:

To remove whitespace from only the beginning and end of a string in Swift:

Swift 3

string.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)

Previous Swift Versions

string.stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(.whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet()))