Objective C how to get the numeric value of a UITextPosition
objective-c, struct, uitextposition, uitextrange
Solution
There is an answer to a similar question here: UITextPosition to NSRange.
Basically you call `-offsetFromPosition:toPosition:` on the `UITextRange`'s start and end, with an initial position of `myTextView.beginningOfDocument`.
Problem
I need to get the numeric value of the start and end of a UIText range. So far I can only print out the description as a string. From looking at the selectedTextRange, I take it that it is maybe a struct? How do I get an element of a struct? ``` UITextRange *selectedRange = [myTextView selectedTextRange]; NSLog(@"selectedRange.start %@, selectedRange.end %@ ", selectedRange.start.description, selectedRange.end.description); ``` Here is the description: ``` 2013-03-26 13:44:03.127 AttributedString[24678:907] selectedRange.start <UITextPosition: 0x1ead8f10, 8, {"Rrrttgh "}, {"gggggh ggg..."}>, selectedRange.end <UITextPosition: 0x1eaf7860, 14, {"...tgh gggggh"}, {" gggg"}> ```