Retrieving Character Information

- mutableString

Returns the character contents of the receiver as an NSMutableString object.

Example

NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials Website"];
NSLog(@"%@",[attributedString mutableString]);

Output

2014-04-02 06:25:33.065 iOS-Tutorial[791:a0b] Eezy Tutorials Website

Changing Characters

- replaceCharactersInRange:withString:

Replaces the characters in the given range with the characters of the given string.

Example

NSMutableDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributesDictionary setObject:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials Website"];
[attributedString replaceCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(0, 4) withString:@"iOS"];
NSLog(@"%@",[attributedString mutableString]);

Output

2014-04-02 06:28:12.131 iOS-Tutorial[820:a0b] iOS Tutorials Website

- deleteCharactersInRange:

Deletes the characters in the given range along with their associated attributes.

Example

NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials Website"];
[attributedString deleteCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(14, 8)];
NSLog(@"%@",[attributedString mutableString]);

Output

2014-04-02 06:30:58.574 iOS-Tutorial[862:a0b] Eezy Tutorials

Changing Attributes

- setAttributes:range:

Sets the attributes for the characters in the specified range to the specified attributes.

Example

NSMutableDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributesDictionary setObject:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials Website"];
[attributedString setAttributes:attributesDictionary range:NSMakeRange(0, 4)];
NSLog(@"%@",attributedString );

Output

2014-04-02 06:35:53.638 iOS-Tutorial[875:a0b] Eezy{
    NSFont = " font-family: \".HelveticaNeueInterface-M3\"; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12.00pt";
} Tutorials Website{
}

- addAttribute:value:range:

Adds an attribute with the given name and value to the characters in the specified range.

Example

NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials Website"];
[attributedString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] range:NSMakeRange(0, 4)];
NSLog(@"%@",attributedString );

Output

2014-04-02 06:40:03.818 iOS-Tutorial[904:a0b] Eezy{
    NSFont = " font-family: \".HelveticaNeueInterface-M3\"; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12.00pt";
} Tutorials Website{
}

- addAttributes:range:

Adds the given collection of attributes to the characters in the specified range.

Example

NSMutableDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributesDictionary setObject:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials Website"];
    [attributedString addAttributes:attributesDictionary range:NSMakeRange(0, 4)];
NSLog(@"%@",attributedString );

Output

2014-04-02 06:41:12.886 iOS-Tutorial[916:a0b] Eezy{
    NSFont = " font-family: \".HelveticaNeueInterface-M3\"; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12.00pt";
} Tutorials Website{
}

- removeAttribute:range:

Removes the named attribute from the characters in the specified range.

Example

NSMutableDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributesDictionary setObject:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials Website" attributes:attributesDictionary];
[attributedString removeAttribute:NSFontAttributeName range:NSMakeRange(0, 4)];
NSLog(@"%@",attributedString );

Output

2014-04-02 06:44:01.050 iOS-Tutorial[930:a0b] Eezy{
} Tutorials Website{
    NSFont = " font-family: \".HelveticaNeueInterface-M3\"; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12.00pt";
}

Changing Characters and Attributes

- appendAttributedString:

Adds the characters and attributes of a given attributed string to the end of the receiver.

Example

NSMutableDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributesDictionary setObject:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials " attributes:attributesDictionary];
NSMutableAttributedString *secondAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Website"];
[attributedString appendAttributedString:secondAttributedString];
NSLog(@"%@",attributedString );

Output

2014-04-02 06:48:31.642 iOS-Tutorial[950:a0b] Eezy Tutorials {
    NSFont = " font-family: \".HelveticaNeueInterface-M3\"; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12.00pt";
}Website{
}

- insertAttributedString:atIndex:

Inserts the characters and attributes of the given attributed string into the receiver at the given index.

Example

NSMutableDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributesDictionary setObject:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Tutorials " attributes:attributesDictionary];
NSMutableAttributedString *secondAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy"];
[attributedString insertAttributedString:secondAttributedString atIndex:0];
NSLog(@"%@",attributedString );

Output

2014-04-02 06:50:34.075 iOS-Tutorial[964:a0b] Eezy{
}Tutorials {
    NSFont = " font-family: \".HelveticaNeueInterface-M3\"; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12.00pt";
}

- replaceCharactersInRange:withAttributedString:

Replaces the characters and attributes in a given range with the characters and attributes of the given attributed string.

Example

NSMutableDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributesDictionary setObject:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Tutorials " attributes:attributesDictionary];
NSMutableAttributedString *secondAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy"];
[attributedString replaceCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(0, 9) withAttributedString:secondAttributedString];
NSLog(@"%@",attributedString );

Output

2014-04-02 06:53:11.913 iOS-Tutorial[978:a0b] Eezy{
} {
    NSFont = " font-family: \".HelveticaNeueInterface-M3\"; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12.00pt";
}

- setAttributedString:

Replaces the receiver’s entire contents with the characters and attributes of the given attributed string.

Example

NSMutableDictionary *attributesDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[attributesDictionary setObject:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"iOS Tutorials " attributes:attributesDictionary];
NSMutableAttributedString *secondAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:@"Eezy Tutorials"];
[attributedString setAttributedString:secondAttributedString];
NSLog(@"%@",attributedString );

Output

2014-04-02 06:55:51.784 iOS-Tutorial[1006:a0b] Eezy Tutorials{
}