I've got this little problem. When I have a string "3 568 030" and I use [myString intValue]; it gives me result just 3, the problem is I want to convert the whole number into int/nsinteger. The string always contains just the number if that's any help. I tried using replaceoccurencesofstring (or what is the name) and it somehow didn't work...Thanks
Do:
NSString *str = #"3 568 030";
int aValue = [[str stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" " withString:#""] intValue];
NSLog(#"%d", aValue);
output
3568030
That is because of the spaces on your string you will have to remove the whitespaces first like this:
NSString *trimmedString = [myString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" " withString:#""];
NSInteger *value = [trimmedString intValue];
My guess is that you're using stringByReplacingOccurencesOfString:: wrongly.
//Remove spaces.
myString = [myString stringByReplacingOccurencesOfString:#" " withString #""];
int myNumber = [myString intValue];
First, remove all the whitespaces in your original string using :
NSString *trimmedString = [yourOriginalString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:
[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
Then, you can convert it to an int/NSInteger. beware: using [myString intValue] will cast your string to an int, but [myString integerValue] will cast it to a NSInteger.
NSNumberFormatter * f = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
[f setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterDecimalStyle];
NSNumber * myNumber = [f numberFromString:#"42"];
[f release];
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I want to remove only first space in below string.
NSString *str = #"IF_Distance (GET_Mi mi=km*1.4,STRING1,STRING2)";
Note: There is a space after IF_Distance and another space after
GET_Mi. I am unable to remove the space after IF_Distance.
Use rangeOfString: to locate the first space, then use stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:withString: to replace it with the empty string.
Remove space by using below code.
NSString *str = #"IF_Distance (GET_Mi mi=km*1.4,STRING1,STRING2)";
NSString *secondString = [str stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"IF_Distance " withString:#"IF_Distance"];
Try This:
NSString *str = #"IF_Distance (GET_Mi mi=km*1.4,STRING1,STRING2)";
NSString *firstStringContainingSpace = [[str componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]] firstObject];//firstStringContainingSpace = IF_Distance
str = [str stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:[str rangeOfString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# ",firstStringContainingSpace]] withString:firstStringContainingSpace];
Output:
str = #"IF_Distance(GET_Mi mi=km*1.4,STRING1,STRING2)";
You can remove first space by using following code:
First find space by using rangeOfString: and then remove by using stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:withString: method.
Like,
NSString *str = #"IF_Distance (GET_Mi mi=km*1.4,STRING1,STRING2)";
NSString *strSpace = #" ";
NSRange range = [str rangeOfString:strSpace];
NSString *strFinal;
if (NSNotFound != range.location) {
strFinal = [str stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:range withString:#""];
}
If you are looking for some more universal way - this is the variant of it:
- (NSString *)removeWhitespaces:(NSString *)string {
NSMutableArray * stringComponents = [[string componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]] mutableCopy];
NSString * fStringComponent = [stringComponents firstObject];
[stringComponents removeObject:fStringComponent];
return [fStringComponent stringByAppendingString:[stringComponents componentsJoinedByString:#" "]];
}
I am adding string into a pickerView like this :
NSString *string = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# %#", xxx, xxx];
[pickerViewObjects addObject:string];
what i want to do is to hide the first part of the string, or of there's something to use like charachterAtIndex it will be useful because the first part of my string has a specific number of characters.
Use this method to get "(whitespaces) John"
NSString *string = #"Hello John";
NSUInteger spacePosition = [string rangeOfString:#" "].location;
NSMutableString *newString = [[NSMutableString alloc]init ];
for (int i=0; i<spacePosition; i++)
[newString appendString:#" "];
NSString *otherPartofString = [string substringFromIndex:(spacePosition)];
[newString appendString:otherPartofString];
NSLog(#"new String is '%#'",newString);
[newString release];
You can use [string substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(start, count)], that way you will only get a new string that you can use for displaying.
you can do like this:
find the position of space between two strings like this:
NSUInteger spacePosition = [string rangeOfString:#" "].location
then use:
NSString *otherPartofString = [string substringFromIndex:(spacePosition+1)];
Is there any way to format an NSNumber with leading 0's and decimals? For example, I need to have the ability to write 4.5 as well as 000. Currently I have it where it will allow decimals, but not leading 0's.
NSNumberFormatter *f = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
f.numberStyle = NSNumberFormatterNoStyle;
NSString *myString = [f numberFromString:#"4.5"];
NSLog(#"myString: %#",myString);
NSString *myOtherString = [f numberFromString:#"000"];
NSLog(#"myOtherString:%#",myOtherString);
The output from above would be: 'myString:4.5' and 'myOtherString:0'. I need to be able to do both '4.5' and '000' as output.
I have looked at Apple's "Data Formatting Guide" without much success.
Note that [f numberFromString:#"4.5"] returns an NSNumber* not a NSString*
You want something like this:
NSNumberFormatter *f = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
f.numberStyle = NSNumberFormatterNoStyle;
NSNumber *myNumber;
NSString *myString;
myNumber = [f numberFromString:#"4.5"];
[f setNumberStyle:kCFNumberFormatterDecimalStyle];
myString = [f stringFromNumber:myNumber];
NSLog(#"myString: %#",myString);
myNumber = [f numberFromString:#"000"]; // Note that the extra zeros are useless
[f setFormatWidth:3];
[f setPaddingCharacter:#"0"];
myString = [f stringFromNumber:myNumber];
NSLog(#"myString: %#",myString);
NSLog output:
myString: 4.5
myString: 000
If you don't have strings to start with just create number like:
myNumber = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:4.5];
myNumber = [NSNumber numberWithInt:0];
Or just use standard formatting:
myString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.1f", [myNumber floatValue]];
myString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%03d", [myNumber intValue]];
Or if you don't need an NSNumber representation just use standard formatting :
myString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.1f", 4.5];
myString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%03d", 0];
You could try something like:
NSString *myString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%03f", [myNSNumber floatValue]];
This, following the printf format, will print your number forcing at least 3 digits to be printed and padding with '0's any empty space.
How about this as a variation on theme for the 000's
NSNumber *myNumber;
NSString *myString =#"000" ;
NSString * myStringResult;
NSNumberFormatter *f = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
f.numberStyle = NSNumberFormatterNoStyle;
[f setHasThousandSeparators:FALSE]; //-- remove seperator
[f setMinimumIntegerDigits:[myString length ]]; //-- set minimum number of digits to display using the string length.
myNumber = [f numberFromString:myString];
myStringResult = [f stringFromNumber:myNumber];
NSLog(#"myStringResult: %#",myStringResult);
Since this is asked often and Apple's docs suck, this is the answer that people will be looking for. The link below has two solutions. One using NSString stringWithFormat: and the other using NSNumberFormatter.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/11131497/1058199
I want to import a file of strings line by line into an array. I want to get rid of all of the whitespace before and after the strings so that I can compare the strings a lot easier without having them not match due to small whitespace discrepancies. I NSData the content of the files then take the two strings
NSString* string = [[[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[data bytes]
length:[data length]
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];
NSString* string2 = [[[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[data2 bytes]
length:[data2 length]
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];
I tried below to remove the whitespace before adding to an array but it does not seem to work.
NSString *newString = [string stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: [NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
NSString *newString2 = [string2 stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: [NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
NSArray *fileInput = [newString componentsSeparatedByString:#"\n"];
NSArray *fileInput2 = [newString2 componentsSeparatedByString:#"\n"];
If you are looking at substituting all occurrences of whitespace then using stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: won't help as it only trims off at the start and end of the string. You will need to use the stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:withString: method to eliminate the whitespace.
NSString * newString = [string stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" " withString:#""];
NSString * newString2 = [string2 stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" " withString:#""];
However,
If you want to trim all the strings in the array then you will have to enumerate the array and add the trimmed strings in a new mutable array.
Looks to me like you are removing the white space from the front and back of the whole file but not from each line. Try something like this;
NSArray *fileInput2 = [newString2 componentsSeparatedByString:#"\n"];
NSMutableArray *trimmedFileInput2 = [NSMutableArray array];
for(NSString *gak in fileInput2) {
[trimmedFileInput2 addObject:[gak stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
}
[Thanks #Deepak for the comment, dooh!]
Both #Deepak and #Bill Dudney being right, I'm just throwing in another way to solve your problem:
NSMutableArray *fileInput = [NSMutableArray array];
[string enumerateLinesUsingBlock:^(NSString *line, BOOL *stop) {
if ([line length] > 0) {
[fileInput addObject:
[line stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:
[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
}
}];
(Disclaimer: Works in iOS 4+, OS X 10.6+ only... but I love blocks! :))
I'm a java guy coming over to Objective-C. In java, to add a variable to a string you'd have to do something along the lines of:
someString = "This string is equal to " + someNumber + ".";
I can't figure out how to do it in Objective-C though. I have an NSMutableString that I'd like to add to the middle of a string. How do I go about doing this?
I've tried:
NSString *someText = #"Lorem ipsum " + someMutableString;
NSString *someText = #"Lorem ipsum " + [someMutableString stringForm];
and a few other things, none of which seem to work. Also interchanged the +s with ,s.
You can use appendString:, but in general, I prefer:
NSString *someText = [NSString stringWithFormat: #"Lorem ipsum %#", someMutableString];
NSString *someString = [NSString stringWithFormat: #"This is string is equal to %d.", someInt];
NSString *someOtherString = [NSString stringWithFormat: #"This is string is equal to %#.", someNSNumber];
or, alternatively:
NSString *someOtherString = [NSString stringWithFormat: #"This is string is equal to %d.", [someNSNumber intValue]];
etc...
These strings are autoreleased, so take care not to lose their value. If necessary, retain or copy them and release them yourself later.
Try this:
NSMutableString * string1 = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:#"this is my string"];
[string1 appendString:#" with more strings attached"];
//release when done
[string1 release];
You need to use stringByAppendingString
NSString* string = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:#"some string"];
string = [string stringByAppendingString:#" Sweet!"];
Don't forget to [string release]; when your done of course.
NSMutableString *string = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
[string appendFormat:#"more text %#", object ];