Objective C insert variable between 2 strings concat

Question

I am trying to to do the following (psuedo)

NSString *variable = 'Name'; 
NSString *newString = @"Hello, " + variable + @" blah blah";

It would appear it is not as simple as the above! Any help?

Thanks

Possible duplicate of [How do I concatenate strings in Objective-C?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/510269/how-do-i-concatenate-strings-in-objective-c) — Philipp Schlösser, Jul 07 '12 at 15:07
Please rename this question; it doesn't really have anything to do with Xcode (Xcode is the IDE, this is an Objective-C and Cocoa question). — Kevin Grant, Jul 07 '12 at 15:07

msk · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-03T02:03:27.807

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NSString *str = @"Hello, ";
str = [str stringByAppendingString:variable];
str = [str stringByAppendingString:@" blah blah"];

If you prefer it as one line statement

 NSString *str = [[@"Hello, " stringByAppendingString:variable] stringByAppendingString:@" blah blah"];

Swift

var str = "Hello, " + varaible + "blah blah"

OR

var str = "Hello, \(variable) blah blah"

edited May 03 '16 at 02:03

answered Jul 07 '12 at 15:10

msk

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I don't know why objective c makes things so complicated, life is more simple than this – Osa Jan 25 '15 at 04:24
@Osa how about the Swift version :) – msk Jan 25 '15 at 16:35

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '12 at 15:15

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NSString *newString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Hello, %@ blah blah", variable];

answered Jul 07 '12 at 15:15

MattR

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