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<h1>NSFunctions</h1>
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<h3>Authors </h3>
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<dt><a href ="http://www.gnustep.org/developers/whoiswho.html">Richard Frith-Macdonald</a>
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<p>Version: $Revision$</p>
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<p>Date: $Date$</p>
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2001-04-10 03:27:01 +00:00
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<h2><a name ="cont-0">Functions</a></h2>
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<h2><a name ="cont-1">Types</a></h2>
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<h3><a name ="NSRange">NSRange</a></h3>
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<p><b>Declared in: </b> Foundation/NSRange.h</p>
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<b>typedef </b>
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struct { unsigned long location; unsigned long length; }
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NSRange<br>
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The NSRange type is used to specify ranges of locations,
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typically items in an array, characters in a string, and bytes
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in a data object.
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As 'boundary' or 'fencepost' errors are a particularly common
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problem in programming, it is important that you understand
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how an NSRange works.
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An NSRange consists of a location and a length. The points
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that are considered to lie in a range are the integers from
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the location to the location plus the length, so the number
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of points in a range is the length of the range plus one.<br>
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However, if you consider these points like the marks on a
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ruler, you can only store information <strong>between</strong>
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points. So the number of items that can be stored in a range
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is the length of the range.
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2001-03-03 10:00:31 +00:00
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