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Switch with typedef enum type from string

Hello, I'm trying to get a value from a string that belongs to an enum typedef in Obj C but I don't seem capable of geting the value out of the NSString. I'me doing something like this: typedef enum{ S, M, L } Size; -(void)function:(NSString *)var{ Size value=[var value]; swicth(value){ case S:... case M:... ... } }...

iphone sdk nsstring as object - get text

I'm having an issue with a string which is being returned from a webservice. I am setting the string up in the header file, simple with NSString *serviceUserID; @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *serviceUserID; then I'm synthesizing it as normal. I can set it using serviceUserID = @"4fffrdscfbg-44-06dfgf-dfgdfg-32eer456134"; b...

Replace occurances of space in url

I have a url in an iphone application to work with.But the problem is that it has some spaces in that. I want to replace the spaces with '%20'.I know that there is stringByReplacingOccurancesOfString methode and stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding methode.I also have used them. But they are not working for me. The spaces are replac...

Correctly convert NSString to NSnumber

Hi guys, I can't figure out why it's not working, I have a NSString which I need to convert to NSNumber (to save it to Core Data) e.g NSLog(stringNum); returns 1 NSNumberFormatter * f = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init]; [f setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterDecimalStyle]; NSNumber *myNumber = [f numberFromString:stringNum]; [f releas...

NSString and UITouch...what in the world is going on?

I have an error with NSString. In one of my .m files I have a member called "conversions" of type NSString and within a method of that class the string is manipulated and added on to and etc. Well, when I try to Log that string in a different method that is later called, for some reason the string is printing as a UITouch object. Specifi...

Understanding Unicode composed character sequences within an NSString

I'm trying to understand NSString's and the complexities regarding composed character sequences. I'm having troubles creating strings containing these composed character sequences for me to be able to play around with them. I've seen the Unicode list of sequences but I'm unable to find these characters in the Mac OS X character selecto...

Cannot get Length of a NSString - unrecognized selector sent to instance

What I'm trying to get is to search for the Anime Titile's ID, compare the length and perform some action afterwards. Here is what I get in the debugger: 2010-08-09 14:30:48.818 MAL Updater OS X[37415:a0f] Detected : Amagami SS - 06 2010-08-09 14:30:48.821 MAL Updater OS X[37415:a0f] http://mal-api.com/anime/search?q=Amagami%20SS 2010-0...

objective c: if something has something in it - do something

I want to do this: while(theString (does not have) @"this string" (in it)) { do something } ...

NSTask NSPipe - objective c command line help

Here is my code: task = [[NSTask alloc] init]; [task setCurrentDirectoryPath:@"/applications/jarvis/brain/"]; [task setLaunchPath:@"/applications/jarvis/brain/server.sh"]; NSPipe * out = [NSPipe pipe]; [task setStandardOutput:out]; [task launch]; [task waitUntilExit]; [task release]; NSFileHandle * read = [out fileHandleForReading]; ...

How can I load an image in my resources folder?

I have an image in my iPhone Project. It's a PNG and I can set the background in Interface Builder but I want to do this programatically. NSLog(@"Before %@", myEasterEgg); uiImageBackground.backgroundColor = [UIColor purpleColor]; myEasterEgg = [myEasterEgg stringByAppendingString:@"5"]; NSLog(@"After %@", myEasterEgg); if (CFStringComp...

Converting an NSString to an NSInteger

if i have: NSString* number = @"2000"; Will NSInteger integerNumber = [number integerValue]; be equal to the integer representation of 2000? ...

Send a NSString with \0

I am trying to send a string terminated with \0 to a tcp socket but it seems the \0 does never reach its destination. Using this code: NSString* s=@"<b/> \0_"; uint8_t *buf = (uint8_t *)[s UTF8String]; int resCode = [outputStream write:buf maxLength:strlen((char *)buf)]; I only seem to send @"<b/> ". Probably the \0 is seen as the ...

Initiating NSString outside an if() statement assigning it inside and releasing afterwards causes a crash

Sticking to the rule of releasing everything I'm creating, why does the line [cellText release] crash my app? It must be something really simple, I'm quite new to iPhone apps dev. ... NSMutableString *cellText = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:@""]; // the cell is a section cell if (/* some condition */) { cellTe...

SQL Express Connection String - Initial Catalog

Wonder if anyone can help, I have created a database in C# 2010 (using the SQL Express installed with C# express) via the database explorer. I can connect to the database using the connection string: Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=C:\temp\Documents\test.mdf;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True ...

NSString and retainCount question

I have a NSString declared in the interface part: @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *filePath; In viewDidLoad I give this a value and when I am trying to call it from one of my custom methods it works for the first time but on the second it crushes. In my opinion filePath was autoreleased during the first call. I tried a diff...

Challenge: How to turn an NSArray of numbers into an English-readable list

Hi all, I'm looking for a nice clean routine for turning an NSArray containing NSNumbers (integers) into a nice English-readable string. For example, I want to change this: [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:5], [NSNumber numberWithInt:7], [NSNumber numberWithInt:12], ...

Accepted Method for Retrying URL Request in Objective-C?

I have a connection request working using the stringWithContentsOfURL:encoding:error: method from NSString. I want to be able to retry the connection if it fails the first time. I was going to rewrite the function to use the timeout functionality of NSURLRequest, but I think I'd really like to use multiple retries before failing out. As...

can i use NSStrings in alerts in iphone objective c?

I am trying to make an app where the user clicks a button and an alert pops up with the text from a textfield in it. But whenever i try, i just get a blank alert. This is my code: @synthesize label; @synthesize textBox1; @synthesize text; - (IBAction)buttonClick { UIAlertView *someText = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle: @"Text fr...

NSString - replacing characters from NSCharacterSet

Hi Everyone, I gotta little question about string Programming: I have an NSCharacterSet which contains all the characters I want to remove from my NSString. How can I do that? Thank you, Christian ...

Code problem - objective c - waiting for string value to appear in string value

task = [NSTask new]; [task setLaunchPath:@"/bin/sh"]; [task setArguments:[NSArray arrayWithObject:@"/applications/jarvis/brain/server.sh"]]; [task setCurrentDirectoryPath:@"/"]; NSPipe *outputPipe = [NSPipe pipe]; [task setStandardInput:[NSPipe pipe]]; [task setStandardOutput:outputPipe]; [task launch]; NSMutableString *outputString =...