NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet
+ (id)lowercaseLetterCharacterSet
Return Value
A character set containing the characters in the category of Lowercase Letters.
Discussion of [NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet]
Informally, this set is the set of all characters used as lowercase letters in alphabets that make case distinctions.
NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet example.
NSCharacterSet *lowerCaseSet = [NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet];
if ([myString rangeOfCharacterFromSet:lowerCaseSet].location == NSNotFound)
NSLog(@"String is in upper case.");
else
NSLog(@"String has invalid characters.");
if ([myString rangeOfCharacterFromSet:lowerCaseSet].location == NSNotFound)
NSLog(@"String is in upper case.");
else
NSLog(@"String has invalid characters.");
Example of [NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet].
NSCharacterSet *set= [NSCharacterSet alphanumericCharacterSet];
NSString testString = @"This@9";
BOOL bResult = [testString rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[set invertedSet]].location != NSNotFound;
if(bResult)
NSLog(@"symbol found");
set = [NSCharacterSet uppercaseLetterCharacterSet];
bResult = [password rangeOfCharacterFromSet:set].location != NSNotFound;
if(bResult)
NSLog(@"upper case latter found");
set = [NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet];
bResult = [password rangeOfCharacterFromSet:set].location != NSNotFound;
if(bResult)
NSLog(@"lower case latter found");
set = [NSCharacterSet decimalDigitCharacterSet];
bResult = [password rangeOfCharacterFromSet:set].location != NSNotFound;
if(bResult)
NSLog(@"digit found");
NSString testString = @"This@9";
BOOL bResult = [testString rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[set invertedSet]].location != NSNotFound;
if(bResult)
NSLog(@"symbol found");
set = [NSCharacterSet uppercaseLetterCharacterSet];
bResult = [password rangeOfCharacterFromSet:set].location != NSNotFound;
if(bResult)
NSLog(@"upper case latter found");
set = [NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet];
bResult = [password rangeOfCharacterFromSet:set].location != NSNotFound;
if(bResult)
NSLog(@"lower case latter found");
set = [NSCharacterSet decimalDigitCharacterSet];
bResult = [password rangeOfCharacterFromSet:set].location != NSNotFound;
if(bResult)
NSLog(@"digit found");
NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet example.
- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range
replacementString:(NSString *)string {
// Check if the added string contains lowercase characters.
// If so, those characters are replaced by uppercase characters.
// But this has the effect of losing the editing point
// (only when trying to edit with lowercase characters),
// because the text of the UITextField is modified.
// That is why we only replace the text when this is really needed.
NSRange lowercaseCharRange;
lowercaseCharRange = [string rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet]];
if (lowercaseCharRange.location != NSNotFound) {
textField.text = [textField.text stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:range
withString:[string uppercaseString]];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
replacementString:(NSString *)string {
// Check if the added string contains lowercase characters.
// If so, those characters are replaced by uppercase characters.
// But this has the effect of losing the editing point
// (only when trying to edit with lowercase characters),
// because the text of the UITextField is modified.
// That is why we only replace the text when this is really needed.
NSRange lowercaseCharRange;
lowercaseCharRange = [string rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet]];
if (lowercaseCharRange.location != NSNotFound) {
textField.text = [textField.text stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:range
withString:[string uppercaseString]];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}