How to convert Range to NSRange and Viceversa

NSRange contains two properties.

1. location
2. length

For example:

Get the range of word "find" from the following string.

let originalString = "Hello let's find range"

"find" located at position 12, and is length of 4. So range should be as follow:

let range = NSMakeRange(12, 4)

Range:

For getting range we have built in method as follow:

let originalString = "Hello let's find range"
let range = originalString.range(of: "find")

Convert Range to NSRange:

Add the following string extension for converting Range to NSRange:

extension String {
    func nsRange(from range: Range) -> NSRange {
        let startPos = self.distance(from: self.startIndex, to: range.lowerBound)
        let endPos = self.distance(from: self.startIndex, to: range.upperBound)
        return NSMakeRange(startPos, endPos - startPos)
    }
}

Use as follow:

let nsRange = originalString.nsRange(from: range!)

Convert NSRange to Range:

Add the following string extension for converting NSRange to Range:

extension String { 
    func range(from nsRange: NSRange) -> Range? {
        guard
            let from16 = utf16.index(utf16.startIndex, offsetBy: nsRange.location, limitedBy: utf16.endIndex),
            let to16 = utf16.index(utf16.startIndex, offsetBy: nsRange.location + nsRange.length, limitedBy: utf16.endIndex),
            let from = from16.samePosition(in: self),
            let to = to16.samePosition(in: self)
            else { return nil }
        return from ..< to
    }
}

Use as follow:

let newRange = originalString.range(from: nsRange)