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diff --git a/Source/SPStringAdditions.h b/Source/SPStringAdditions.h index 3296326f..c6871e2a 100644 --- a/Source/SPStringAdditions.h +++ b/Source/SPStringAdditions.h @@ -81,4 +81,23 @@ static inline id NSMutableAttributedStringAttributeAtIndex(NSMutableAttributedSt - (CGFloat)levenshteinDistanceWithWord:(NSString *)stringB; +/** + * Checks if the string other is contained in self on a per-character basis. + * In regex-speak that would mean "abc" is matched as /a.*b.*c/ (not anchored). + * This is a SEARCH function, NOT a MATCHING function! + * Namely the following options will be applied when matching: + * NSCaseInsensitiveSearch|NSDiacriticInsensitiveSearch|NSDiacriticInsensitiveSearch + * Additionaly this method might match even when it should not. + * + * @param other String to match against self + * @param submatches Pass the pointer to a variable that will be set to an NSArray * + * of NSNumber *s of NSRanges. This will only be the case if + * the method also returns YES. The variable will not be modified + * otherwise. + * Pass NULL if you don't care for the ranges. + * The object will be set to autorelase. + * @return YES if self contains all characters from other in the order given in other + * @warning This method is NOT thread-safe (probably), NOT constant-time and DOES NOT check binary equivalence + */ +- (BOOL)nonConsecutivelySearchString:(NSString *)other matchingRanges:(NSArray **)submatches; @end |