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# NSRange

A structure used to describe a portion of a series, such as characters in a string or objects in an array.

```
typedef struct _NSRange { ... } NSRange;
```

## Discussion

Foundation functions that operate on ranges include the following:

- [`NSEqualRanges(_:_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSEqualRanges(_:_:))
- [`NSIntersectionRange(_:_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSIntersectionRange(_:_:))
- [`NSLocationInRange(_:_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSLocationInRange(_:_:))
- [`NSMakeRange(_:_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMakeRange(_:_:))
- [`NSMaxRange(_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMaxRange(_:))
- [`NSRangeFromString(_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSRangeFromString(_:))
- [`NSStringFromRange(_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSStringFromRange(_:))
- [`NSUnionRange(_:_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSUnionRange(_:_:))

## Topics

### Managing ranges

[`NSEqualRanges`](/documentation/Foundation/NSEqualRanges(_:_:))

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether two given ranges are equal.

[`NSIntersectionRange`](/documentation/Foundation/NSIntersectionRange(_:_:))

Returns the intersection of the specified ranges.

[`NSLocationInRange`](/documentation/Foundation/NSLocationInRange(_:_:))

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a specified position is in a given range.

[`NSMakeRange`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMakeRange(_:_:))

Creates a new NSRange from the specified values.

[`NSMaxRange`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMaxRange(_:))

Returns the sum of the location and length of the range.

[`NSRangeFromString`](/documentation/Foundation/NSRangeFromString(_:))

Returns a range from a textual representation.

[`NSStringFromRange`](/documentation/Foundation/NSStringFromRange(_:))

Returns a string representation of a range.

[`NSUnionRange`](/documentation/Foundation/NSUnionRange(_:_:))

Returns the union of the specified ranges.

### Related types

[`NSRangePointer`](/documentation/Foundation/NSRangePointer)

Type indicating a parameter is a pointer to an `NSRange` structure.

[`NSNotFound`](/documentation/Foundation/NSNotFound-4qp9h)

A value indicating that a requested item couldn’t be found or doesn’t exist.


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