iOS : compare UITextView Text with NSString Text

Question

I have a function in my code where I want to find out if the content of UITextView (resultText.text) is the same as one of the ticket numbers in the array _feeditems.

Here is the function.

-(void) findContact
{

    for (Tickets *tick in _feedItems){

       if ((resultText.text == tick.ticketNumber)){

          status.text = @"Match found";}

            else {

              status.text = @"Match nof found";}

    }
}

Need guidance on this one. Thank You.

You're asking this question for the third time! Read the documentations and previously asked questions and the answers to them. — Neeku, Jun 18 '14 at 13:04
also same one is : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8717789/how-do-i-compare-uitextfield-input-to-different-strings — Nitin Gohel, Jun 18 '14 at 13:12
I have looked at previously asked questions and the answers, but I have not found them helpful....perhaps I didn't get something... — user3723269, Jun 18 '14 at 13:25
And if do understand some of it and want to ask a question about it, then I am prohibited because I need 50+ points..... — user3723269, Jun 18 '14 at 13:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '14 at 13:01

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You should compare with isEqualToString not with the operator

 if ([resultText.text isEqualToString: tick.ticketNumber]){
     // .....
}

answered Jun 18 '14 at 13:01

Kumar KL

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((resultText.text isEqualToString:(tick.ticketNumber))) ? – user3723269 Jun 18 '14 at 13:03
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this should be in the Expression, mean `[Expression]` - `[resultText.text isEqualToString: tick.ticketNumber]` – Kumar KL Jun 18 '14 at 13:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '14 at 13:02

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Comparing string is easy with isEqualToString: your code will be

-(void) findContact
    {
        for (Tickets *tick in _feedItems){

           if ([resultText.text isEqualToString:tick.ticketNumber]){

              status.text = @"Match found";}

                else {

                  status.text = @"Match nof found";}

        }
    }

answered Jun 18 '14 at 13:02

Shahab Qureshi

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Ah yeah....but there are multiple instances of ticketnumber, and I want check if resultText.text matches one ore them....now I only get "Match not found" even if I typed in a ticket number I have saved... – user3723269 Jun 18 '14 at 13:12
How can I loop through the ticketnumbers and look for one specific number that isequalto resultText.text? – user3723269 Jun 18 '14 at 14:57

iOS : compare UITextView Text with NSString Text

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