Cast NSNumber as a NSString

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I am new to iOS development so this is probably a stupid question, I want to display an NSNumber in a label on a viewcontroller how do I cast it as a string so it will work? Here is the line of code:

cell.textLabel.text = videos.videoID; // videoID is an NSNumber

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 03 '14 at 20:40

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NSNumberFormatter *nf = [NSNumberFormatter new];
cell.textLabel.text = [nf stringFromNumber:videos.videoID]

answered Feb 03 '14 at 20:40

Eugene

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '14 at 20:41

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cell.textLabel.text = videos.videoID.stringValue;

answered Feb 03 '14 at 20:41

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '14 at 20:43

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cell.textLabel.text = [NSNumberFormatter localizedStringFromNumber:videos.videoID numberStyle:NSNumberFormatterNoStyle];

answered Feb 03 '14 at 20:43

Léo Natan

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Thank you, coming from C# you take those easy casts for granted. in c# it's just .ToString(); – Sam Cromer Feb 03 '14 at 21:46
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@SamCromer Calling a method like ToString() isn't a cast, at least not in the standard C definition of the word "cast". – rmaddy Feb 03 '14 at 22:02
true but it does give you a string.... ok how about int.parse.... – Sam Cromer Feb 04 '14 at 14:28

Cast NSNumber as a NSString

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