CommonPrefixWithStringOptions Method (aString, mask)

Returns a string containing characters the receiver and a given string have in common, starting from the beginning of each up to the first characters that aren’t equivalent.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)commonPrefixWithString:(NSString *)aString options:(NSStringCompareOptions)mask'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Declaration Syntax

Visual Basic

Visual C++

public virtual NSString CommonPrefixWithStringOptions(
	NSString aString,
	NSStringCompareOptions mask
)

Public Overridable Function CommonPrefixWithStringOptions ( _
	aString As NSString, _
	mask As NSStringCompareOptions _
) As NSString

public:
virtual NSString^ CommonPrefixWithStringOptions(
	NSString^ aString, 
	NSStringCompareOptions mask
)

Parameters

aString (NSString): The string with which to compare the receiver.

mask (NSStringCompareOptions): Options for the comparison. The following search options may be specified by combining them with the C bitwise OR operator: NSCaseInsensitiveSearch, NSLiteralSearch. See String Programming Guide for details on these options.

Return Value

A string containing characters the receiver and aString have in common, starting from the beginning of each up to the first characters that aren’t equivalent.

Version Information

Available in Monobjc Bridge: 10.6 (For Mac OS X 10.6 and later), 10.5 (For Mac OS X 10.5 and later)

Assembly: Monobjc.Foundation (Module: Monobjc.Foundation)