I am trying to check to see if a string that I am going to use as URL starts with http. The way I am trying to check right now doesn't seem to be working. Here is my code:
NSMutableString *temp = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:@"http://"];
if ([businessWebsite rangeOfString:@"http"].location == NSNotFound){
NSString *temp2 = [[NSString alloc] init];
temp2 = businessWebsite;
[temp appendString:temp2];
businessWebsite = temp2;
NSLog(@"Updated BusinessWebsite is: %@", businessWebsite);
}
[web setBusinessWebsiteUrl:businessWebsite];
Any ideas?
Try this: if ([myString hasPrefix:@"http"])
.
By the way, your test should be != NSNotFound
instead of == NSNotFound
. But say your URL is ftp://my_http_host.com/thing
, it'll match but shouldn't.