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Retrieve Value from NSString

i have a NSString instance ,i want to retrieve value from it and store it into an integer. This is wat i am doing but its not working.

NSString *totalcnt;
char *str = totalcnt;
int a = atoi(str);

Help me out. Thanks

Taimur

Solution

  • If you are dealing with Objective-C objects, use Objective-C:

    int a = [totalcnt intValue];

    Reference: intValue

    In your code example, you don't instantiate a NSString but I hope your are doing it in your real code. Otherwise, totalcnt is a wild pointer.