Swift 4/5更短:

let string = "123456"
let firstThree = String(string.prefix(3)) //"123"
let lastThree = String(string.suffix(3)) //"456"

Swift 5,4

使用

let text = "Hello world"
text[0] // H
text[...3] // "Hell"
text[6..<text.count] // world
text[NSRange(location: 6, length: 3)] // wor

Code

import Foundation

public extension String {
  subscript(value: Int) -> Character {
    self[index(at: value)]
  }
}

public extension String {
  subscript(value: NSRange) -> Substring {
    self[value.lowerBound..<value.upperBound]
  }
}

public extension String {
  subscript(value: CountableClosedRange<Int>) -> Substring {
    self[index(at: value.lowerBound)...index(at: value.upperBound)]
  }

  subscript(value: CountableRange<Int>) -> Substring {
    self[index(at: value.lowerBound)..<index(at: value.upperBound)]
  }

  subscript(value: PartialRangeUpTo<Int>) -> Substring {
    self[..<index(at: value.upperBound)]
  }

  subscript(value: PartialRangeThrough<Int>) -> Substring {
    self[...index(at: value.upperBound)]
  }

  subscript(value: PartialRangeFrom<Int>) -> Substring {
    self[index(at: value.lowerBound)...]
  }
}

private extension String {
  func index(at offset: Int) -> String.Index {
    index(startIndex, offsetBy: offset)
  }
}

编程时，我经常用简单的A-Za-z和0-9组成的字符串。不需要困难的索引操作。这个扩展是基于普通的老左/中/右函数。

extension String {

    // LEFT
    // Returns the specified number of chars from the left of the string
    // let str = "Hello"
    // print(str.left(3))         // Hel
    func left(_ to: Int) -> String {
        return "\(self[..<self.index(startIndex, offsetBy: to)])"
    }

    // RIGHT
    // Returns the specified number of chars from the right of the string
    // let str = "Hello"
    // print(str.left(3))         // llo
    func right(_ from: Int) -> String {
        return "\(self[self.index(startIndex, offsetBy: self.length-from)...])"
    }

    // MID
    // Returns the specified number of chars from the startpoint of the string
    // let str = "Hello"
    // print(str.left(2,amount: 2))         // ll
    func mid(_ from: Int, amount: Int) -> String {
        let x = "\(self[self.index(startIndex, offsetBy: from)...])"
        return x.left(amount)
    }
}

你可以使用扩展类String来创建你的自定义subString方法，如下所示:

extension String {
    func subString(startIndex: Int, endIndex: Int) -> String {
        let end = (endIndex - self.count) + 1
        let indexStartOfText = self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: startIndex)
        let indexEndOfText = self.index(self.endIndex, offsetBy: end)
        let substring = self[indexStartOfText..<indexEndOfText]
        return String(substring)
    }
}

使用Swift 4从字符串创建子字符串(前缀和后缀):

let str : String = "ilike"
for i in 0...str.count {
    let index = str.index(str.startIndex, offsetBy: i) // String.Index
    let prefix = str[..<index] // String.SubSequence
    let suffix = str[index...] // String.SubSequence
    print("prefix \(prefix), suffix : \(suffix)")
}

输出

prefix , suffix : ilike
prefix i, suffix : like
prefix il, suffix : ike
prefix ili, suffix : ke
prefix ilik, suffix : e
prefix ilike, suffix : 

如果你想在两个索引之间生成一个子字符串，使用:

let substring1 = string[startIndex...endIndex] // including endIndex
let subString2 = string[startIndex..<endIndex] // excluding endIndex

substring(from: index)转换为[index…]

检查样品

let text = "1234567890"
let index = text.index(text.startIndex, offsetBy: 3)

text.substring(from: index) // "4567890"   [Swift 3]
String(text[index...])      // "4567890"   [Swift 4]