NSString instance reports its class as NSCFString

by

NSString is really a container class for different types of string objects. Generally an NSString constructor does return an object that is actually of type NSCFString, which is a thin wrapper around the Core Foundation CFString struct.

More Related Contents:

  1. Understanding NSString comparison
  2. Number of occurrences of a substring in an NSString?
  3. What exactly is a so called “Class Cluster” in Objective-C?
  4. Comparing Strings in Cocoa
  5. Search through NSString using Regular Expression
  6. Difference between NSString literals
  7. If “a == b” is false when comparing two NSString objects
  8. NSString: isEqual vs. isEqualToString
  9. Are classes objects in Objective-C?
  10. Reverse NSString text
  11. NSString is integer?
  12. NSString – Convert to pure alphabet only (i.e. remove accents+punctuation)
  13. How to get the width of an NSString?
  14. +[NSString stringWithString:] — what’s the point?
  15. Difference between objectForKey and valueForKey?
  16. Best way to define private methods for a class in Objective-C
  17. Picking a Random Object in an NSArray
  18. How to sort NSMutableArray using sortedArrayUsingDescriptors?
  19. Collapse sequences of white space into a single character and trim string
  20. Difference between self.var and simply var
  21. Save NSDictionary to plist
  22. With what should I replace the deprecated sizeWithFont: method?
  23. Gap above NSMenuItem custom view
  24. NSTask not picking up $PATH from the user’s environment
  25. Cocoa/Objective-C : Best Practice to parse XML Document?
  26. ObjC/Cocoa class for converting size to human-readable string?
  27. Getting a random object from NSArray without duplication
  28. How Can I Draw Image with Text Wrapping on iOS?
  29. Saving a NSArray
  30. Run AppleScript from Cocoa Application

Leave a Comment