NSString decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping example ios

decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping

Returns a string made by normalizing the receiver’s contents using Form D.

- (NSString *)decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping

Return Value

A string made by normalizing the receiver’s contents using the Unicode Normalization Form D.

Example of [NSString decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping]

NSString *eachCellContent = @"소";
NSString *searchText = @"ㅅ";

NSString *normalizedContent = [eachCellContent decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping];
NSString *normalizedSearch = [searchText decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping];

NSComparisonResult result = [normalizedContent compare:normalizedSearch
                                               options:NSDiacriticInsensitiveSearch|NSCaseInsensitiveSearch
                                                 range:NSMakeRange(0, [normalizedSearch length])
                                                locale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
if (result == NSOrderedSame) {
    NSLog(@"same");
}
// Output: same

Example of [NSString decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping]

NSArray *array = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"éli", @"bob", @"earl", @"allen", @"àli", nil];

NSArray *sorted = [array sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id obj1, id obj2) {
    return [(NSString*)obj1 compare:obj2 options:NSDiacriticInsensitiveSearch|NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
}];

NSMutableDictionary *sectioned = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
NSString *firstChar = nil;

for(NSString *str in sorted)
{
    //Ignore empty strings
    if(![str length])continue;

    NSMutableArray *names = nil;

    //Compare the first character using diacritic insensitive search
    if([str compare:firstChar options:NSDiacriticInsensitiveSearch|NSCaseInsensitiveSearch range:NSMakeRange(0, 1)] == NSOrderedSame)
    {
        names = [sectioned objectForKey:firstChar];
    }
    else
    {
        //decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping is where the magic happens
        //(it removes the accent mark)
        firstChar = [[str decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping] substringToIndex:1];
        names = [NSMutableArray array];
        [sectioned setObject:names forKey:firstChar];
    }

    [names addObject:str];
}

NSLog(@"sorted: %@", sorted);
//This is sectioned like the address app
NSLog(@"sectioned: %@", sectioned);

Example of [NSString decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping]

- (NSString*) decomposeAndFilterString: (NSString*) string
{
    NSMutableString *decomposedString = [[string decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping] mutableCopy];
    NSCharacterSet *nonBaseSet = [NSCharacterSet nonBaseCharacterSet];
    NSRange range = NSMakeRange([decomposedString length], 0);

    while (range.location > 0) {
        range = [decomposedString rangeOfCharacterFromSet:nonBaseSet
            options:NSBackwardsSearch range:NSMakeRange(0, range.location)];
        if (range.length == 0) {
            break;
        }
        [decomposedString deleteCharactersInRange:range];
    }

    return [decomposedString autorelease];
}