UILabel.text == self.NSString?

Question

My question may be simple for some to answer, but I'm relatively new to Objective C and Xcode. So I have a UILabel and I am running an if statement asking if UILabel is equal to self.NSString then do ... Here is the code.

if (UILabel.text == self.NSString)
{
//Do Something here...
}

I'm wondering if this would work, or what I have to do in order for this to start working. Thanks in advance.

UILabel and NSString are just illustrative names, you haven't named ivars like this, right? — Ramy Al Zuhouri, Jul 21 '13 at 00:07

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '13 at 23:38

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Use isEqualToString: method from NSString class.

if([text isEqualToString:string])
{
  // Do something here.
}

answered Jul 20 '13 at 23:38

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 20 '13 at 23:42

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When comparing strings, you should use

[UILabel.text isEqualToString:self.NSString]

The == simply compares the pointers, which will often be different even if their contents are the same. The isEqualToString method compares the contents.

answered Jul 20 '13 at 23:42

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UILabel.text == self.NSString?

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