Objective-C

Load a MessageSet from a Compact String

Demonstrates the Chilkat MessageSet.FromCompactString method, which clears the set and loads message identifiers from compact IMAP message-set syntax. The only argument is the compact string: a colon specifies an inclusive ascending range, and commas separate values or ranges. This example loads 1:5,8:10 and prints the result as a comma-separated list.

Background: Compact message-set syntax is how IMAP itself expresses groups of messages — 1:5,8:10 is far more concise than listing every id. FromCompactString is the inverse of ToCompactString: it parses that text into a set you can pass to Imap methods. Duplicates are removed, identifiers are sorted ascending, and the existing HasUids setting is preserved. Note the string carries only the numbers — it does not record whether they are UIDs or sequence numbers.

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#import <CkoMessageSet.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  Demonstrates the MessageSet.FromCompactString method, which loads a set of message
//  identifiers from compact IMAP message-set syntax.  The only argument is the compact string.
//  A colon specifies an inclusive range, and commas separate values or ranges.

CkoMessageSet *msgSet = [[CkoMessageSet alloc] init];

//  Load a compact message set.  "1:5,8:10" expands to 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10.
success = [msgSet FromCompactString: @"1:5,8:10"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",msgSet.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Count: ",[msgSet.Count intValue]);

//  Show the loaded identifiers in comma-separated form.
NSString *csv = [msgSet ToCommaSeparatedStr];
NSLog(@"%@",csv);