Cannot invoke initializer for type 'Range<_>' with an argument list of type '(Range<String.Index>)' in func substring(start:end:)

[boywithaxe]

func substring(_ start: Int, end: Int) -> String {
return String(self[Range(self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: start) ..< self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: end))])

    }

the above function contains a method resulting in the following error:

Cannot invoke initializer for type 'Range<_>' with an argument list of type '(Range<String.Index>)' in Xcode 10 beta 1.

I appreciate this is a very early report, but does seem to be a swift version issue.

[LeonardoCardoso]

Most probably it is. I'll have a look ASAP.

[LeonardoCardoso]

Changes in master.

[MichaelLuoSyd]

Hi, may I know how to solve this issue please? I am having the same problem. Thanks

[jpmhglance]

Was this it?

-         return String(self[Range(self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: start) ..< self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: end))])
+         return self.substring(NSRange(location: start, length: end - start))

I fixed a similar error in my code this way instead:

-                        self.text = String(str[Range(startIndex ..< nextToEndIndex)])
+                        self.text = String(str[startIndex ..< nextToEndIndex])

[asharmaVelsof]

I fixed the error by replacing the code with

let range = self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: r.lowerBound)..<self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: r.upperBound) return String(self[range])

[boywithaxe]

That's the line that fixes it. the issue recurred in the latest version, but making the following change fixes it in Swift 4 and up

`

•     return String(self[Range(self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: start) ..< self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: end))])
  

•     return self.substring(NSRange(location: start, length: end - start))`
  

[jpmhglance]

@boywithaxe beware though, substring(with: NSRange) is an NSString method which indexes strings differently that Swift strings. Your fix will definitely have different behaviour if the string contains certain emoji character, look into Unicode Extended Grapheme Clusters.

Did you try just taking out Range( .. )? A la:

return String(self[self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: start) ..< self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: end)])