Join an Array in Objective-C
I'm looking for a method of turning a NSMutableArray into a string. Is there anything on a par with this Ruby array method?
>> array1 = [1, 2, 3]
>> array1.join(',')
=> "1,2,3"
Cheers!
NSArray *array1 = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"1", @"2", @"3", nil];
NSString *joinedString = [array1 componentsJoinedByString:@","];
componentsJoinedByString:
will join the components in the array by the specified string and return a string representation of the array.
The method you are looking for is componentsJoinedByString
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NSArray *a = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"1", @"2", @"3", nil];//returns a pointer to NSArray
NSString *b = [a componentsJoinedByString:@","];//returns a pointer to NSString
NSLog(@"%@", b); // Will output 1,2,3